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« on: July 07, 2012, 11:40:55 PM »

A person who prays for someone else in a serious way has to make an effort; he/she devotes time to the other person and has to concentrate and focus on that person. A serious prayer requires dedication and compassion for another person.

And what does that actually achieve?
Are dedication and compassion for someone worthless to them?
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 10:32:23 PM »

A person who prays for someone else in a serious way has to make an effort; he/she devotes time to the other person and has to concentrate and focus on that person. A serious prayer requires dedication and compassion for another person.

And what does that actually achieve?
Are dedication and compassion for someone worthless to them?

Telling a person you're going to ask some spirit (or whatever 'God' is meant to be these days) to intervene in their predicament would be rather unhelpful and pointless, yes.  If what you mean to say is a simple "I'll be thinking of you", then just say so.
I wasn't talking about telling someone anything.
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 10:56:33 PM »

So then what on earth is the point?!  You talk about expressing dedication and compassion for a person in need, but not in a way that they even know about it?  Indirect financial assistance or voluntary work I could certainly understand, but that's not what 'prayer' is.
You can express it without words.  Prayer is its development.
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 12:09:49 AM »

okay, just consider this again -
A person who prays for someone else in a serious way has to make an effort; he/she devotes time to the other person and has to concentrate and focus on that person. A serious prayer requires dedication and compassion for another person.

Can you see how this might make a difference in how someone responds to a person in need?
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