Posted by:
touchstone
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Date: November 01, 2016 03:10PM
Most of my prayers are of praise, not intercession. Be that as it may, making one's wishes explicit before the throne of the Most High can push one to consider whether one's wishes are the worthiest, of the highest ideals. I expect there's value in that.
For mystics and theologians it's old news that God is bigger than our conception of God; different people have expressed this insight in different ways. Mine may not be the most elegant.
Again, I'll say if the only available conceptions of God are "god-as-puppet-master," or "God-as-quasi-scientific-explanation," then I could view atheism as more pious.