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insomniac17 said:
The biggest reason that I can think of is that praying helps make some people feel better. For some people, it's a way to talk about their problems, and get it off their chest. Some people also really appreciate it if they were in, say an accident, and other people pray for them to get better.

I know I'm sort of glossing over your post (by the way, I do enjoy your threads like this; they're very fun to read), but I can't argue from a religious point of view about why people pray because I don't really know. But I think it's more of an "it's the thought that counts" sort of thing.


You make a good point. I almost included that I see the bolded as the only possible positive outcome of a prayer, but never found a good place to write it.