by lepton | Jul 1, 2016 | Faith, Personal
Though I’m pretty godless I still pray once in a while (because I’ve experienced too much of the spiritual world to be an atheist). I find now that I’m more distracted with my eyes closed than open (because my mind is in overdrive). So I pray with...
by lepton | Mar 31, 2016 | Faith, Proselytization Response
One can ask am I taking this bike ride to get me somewhere or am I taking it to get some exercise. One is doing both simultaneously but is usually focused on one or the other. In the same way it is helpful to tease out the components of prayer, the spiritual and the...
by lepton | Jan 19, 2015 | Power Dynamic
I find, on analysis of my thoughts that a large number of them and possibly the majority involve a power struggle. I’m trying to get someone in power to take my ideas seriously because I think they are more well thought through than the existing ideas. And...
by lepton | Jan 2, 2015 | Faith, Power Dynamic, Proselytization Response
Another wrinkle in the problem of the efficacy of prayer is the fact that most of the good things in life (jobs, friends, etc..) come through being connected to privileged informal social networks (usually consisting of people of privilege). When one does not have...
by lepton | Dec 14, 2014 | Faith, Proselytization Response
When one brings up the problem of evil (probably the worst problem there is, especially when it’s your problem) Christians trot out free will as why suffering is necessary. However they are not hesitant to use prayer to try to counter people’s free will...
