So, I just recently joined this forum and I'm writing my first topic
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. I've read through may articles on the site for the last few years and noticed that the topic of prayer wasn't heavily touched upon. The reason I point this out was that I got into a discussion over prayer recently with a few atheists and released I don't know as much as I thought on prayer. So, I thought up a few questions on prayer that my knowledge is lacking on that would help me get a better grasp on prayer an its functions in our everyday life. (links to this site or external sites with info is welcomed):
1) One question that I was thrown, but was unable to really answer was, "What is the point of praying so much if God doesn't answer?"
2) "Prayer and meditation are the same thing."