Mike Halmarack wrote:
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>>>Mike Halmarack wrote:
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>>>>>Tournifreak wrote:
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>>>>>>Please help me - I'm a Christian, age 29.
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>>>>>I wish I was only 29.
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>>>>29 was when it all started to go way too fast for me. Can I have 18 >>>>please? >>>
>>>An 18-year-old with a penchant for DIY ?
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>> If I must but I'd prefer the 18 that predates an interest in d-i-y if
>> it's available. Except for the interest in d-i-y LSD manufacture
>> perhaps. I'd want to be subject to the same old fashionable influences
>> and memes of the time. Maybe I'd respond to them a little differently >> though. >>
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>>>I really hope mine turn out like that (c:
>>>Oh, sorry, I mean pray that mine turn out like that.
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>> Do you think there might be a difference in effectiveness between
>> public and private prayer?
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>Nope, I suspect that they are exactly the same level of effectiveness.
I'm not a religious person. I only believe in "God" to the extent that I believe that a superior being(s) with the potential to exert an influence could exist. I do think prayer can be effective on a personal and social level though, for those who use or are influenced by it. So on this basis the difference between the effects of public and private prayer may be significant.