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Praying for someone........?

I prayed for my brother in the early hours of this morning but found it easier to write my prayer to god down, my intention was heartfelt all the same.

Is this a wrong way to pray?

Update:

Here we go.... people who can't let others have their own belief like it's a threat to them.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    The best prayer is sincerely from the heart.. how you say it or write it.. is of little consequence, your sincerity and intention counts.. Its from your heart..

    ~ Peace

  • 10 years ago

    There have been experiments done, though not with rigorous scientific safeguards, where patients who were prayed for seemed to recover faster than those not prayed for. But the idea was that many people, praying for someones recovery seemed to have a positive effect. No claim was made nor was it suggested that there was divine intervention, rather it was the result of "positive energy" generated by the prayers which has the impact. So anything that one might do which generates positive energy (don't as how that can be measured...it can't ; but you get the idea) should work. Writing your prayer sounds to me like a generator of positive energy.

  • 10 years ago

    @ judgebill- you are partially correct, but unless those being prayed for have the knowledge of it, then it has no therapeutic effect whatsoever. prayer is just sa way of letting those in need know people are thinking about them

  • You could tattoo a prayer onto your ***. It still wouldn't work. There is no right or wrong way to cast a spell.

    @Judgebill you are wrong. There have been experiments done with rigorous scientific controls that show that prayer has no measurable effect on recovery rates.

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