Farnhamia wrote:For me, it's Edmund Wilson's "I have had a good many more uplifting thoughts, creative and expansive visions — while soaking in comfortable baths or drying myself after bracing showers — in well-equipped American bathrooms than I have ever had in any cathedral."
As for personal growth, Gagatron, the only one listening is you, but if that works for you, who am I to deny it to you?
Although I feel we have very different views on the subject, I find your quote extremely truthful. I feel so uncomfortable in churches and cathedrals. I'd rather just pray at home...alone.
Gagatron wrote:Have you ever prayed? If so, what benefits did it bring? Who did you pray to? How did you pray? How many prayer experiences have you had?
Yes, I have prayed every night for the past 3 years. I don't really know if the praying did anything to make the/a God(s) bring benefits to me, but it made me feel more confident. Since I believed in God more fervently 3 years ago than I do now, I can really say it helped me a lot and still helps me, even if the help is only in my mind. Even though I don't believe the same way I did 3 years ago, I still believe there is a God(s) of some sort, just with different thoughts about him/her than I did 3 years ago.
I pray to the Christian God. I do so by folding my hands and praying silently. If by prayer experiences, you mean, an experience while praying or a direct answer later, none that I can recall.
As if any half-way decent God couldn't realize that NYC needed help after 9/11 or that starving people could use some food. Now I realize that actually acting is much better than talking to myself about acting.
