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As far as I am concerned, yes! Yes, you are praying to yourself. I believe there is a Source Energy or First Cause (whatever you want to call it), but ultimately if it is omnipresent then it is just that. Great question/point to ponder. Thank you!
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It's important to make the distinction between what we know and what we think we know (or would like to know). It's important to make the distinction between belief system and knowledge. What and how much can we say we truly know? I find value in Socrates' method of inquiry by encouraging debate between opposing views as a way to stimulate rational thinking, for instance, like websites such as this.
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You can pray to yourself - its called the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will pray with and for you. Isn't that kewl!
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I love when a discussion about prayer comes up here at SP. If you don't believe in prayer, you're conjecture on why it doesn't work is never accepted as valid. If you however have some radical idea about prayer, the pro-prayer folk are perfectly willing to offer their conjecture as fact. Love it.
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Prayer is another form of meditating,' being in the presence'. I feel that we are continually in the presence, but our daily lives distract us from it.
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Interesting perspective: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dialogues_between_Hylas_and_Philonous" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dialogues_between_Hylas_and_Philonous
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"If God is omnipresent, who am I praying to when I pray? Am I not God praying to Myself?" ** The word "omnipresent" simply means that God is everywhere, all the time. I think you may have been looking for a different word. You're still praying to God--and He's there listening, just as across the world He's listening to/present with all the others that are simultaneously praying to Him. That's what omnipresent means.
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How can you be God? Doesn't there have to be some other entity that puts all these ideas into your consciousness...or are you smart enough to create order out of all this gobble-dee-g**k yourself?
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Well put, Mentieth. I would add that there is a fundamental difference between God being everywhere and God being in everyone. I believe fully in the former, and not at all in the latter. In fact, a case can be made that God is where He is invited. This is not to say that God is weak, but that God is loving, and God has been gracious enough to show us that love is only found in free will. If you don't want God, you don't get God. This does not, however change God in any way. It only changes you, and for the worse I might add.
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