Arthur Ashe said he never prayed for victory when he played tennis and he wasn't going to pray for healing from AIDS or heart disease, that God's will alone matters. I they to be like that. Some days go better than others. You know, you pray for your family to get a break. You pray that it's not the [auto] transmission. Show less «

I'm not sure that people think people who pray are delusional power-pyramid types so much anymore. Partly, I think, that's because twelve-step recovery taught a couple million non-Christians to pray. Show less «