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Perhaps there is a philosophy of prayer, though despite the claims of various religions it is far from being a systematic organization of thoughts. Many of us as children were taught the prayer “Now I lay me down to sleep.” A pulpit joke I used to tell was about a little boy’s parents who found the prayer as a beautifully embroidered sampler in a store. Thinking to please him they bought it and hung it above the little boy’s bed. That night as he kneeled to say his prayer he looked up at the sampler on the wall, thought for a moment and said “Never mind Lord, there it is,” and without further ado hopped into bed. No matter the religion, much of prayer falls into the category of mere form. The liturgies of various religions have evolved over the centuries and it defies either reason or logic why anyone can believe the mere repetition of such religious incantations, counting beads, burning incense or prayer papers, genuflecting and prostrating...
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