In order to pray, one must first presuppose that there is someone to whom to pray and second one must believe that one's prayers will be answered, otherwise praying is a waste-of-time... of course, this is my opinion.
In my mind, I BELIEVE very strongly that there is a CREATOR whether that CREATOR has the name of God or Allah or Yahweh or HaShem or Shiva or Akal Murat... it does not really matter to me because there is still a CREATOR. And, the fact that there are so many names for this CREATOR does not mean that some beliefs are wrong while others are right... it just means that OUR CREATOR gave different people what they needed at the time to believe in a CREATOR... and most importantly, life after death exists in all beliefs even though the path getting to that life after death may be different...
Since this has been established... even though it may not be completely accepted... let/s move on to the topic of prayer.
HOW WE CURRENTLY PRAY IS WRONG...
Every time I attend a formal Church service on Sunday, I realize this and because we pray wrong in Church leaves me to believe that the leaders of the Church do not really understand or follow the teachings of the BIBLE..
In Christianity, Jesus told us that when we pray to HIS FATHER, do so this way:
And yet, all ministers, pastors, priests recite or ad lib their own prayers asking God to provide them will everything under the sun except for maybe repairs on the kitchen sink... for me, this is wrong... We should not ask for anything other than that HIS WILL BE DONE...
