This isn’t snark. Most of my family believes in prayer. My father has said daily prayers all his life (though mostly the meditative rather than supplicatory type). Praying for vague or specific good fortune is routine in India. For grades, cures for disease, etc.
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Hinduism is weird that way. There’s a range of prayers and hymns ranging from metaphysical contemplation and epic memory genres to very specific intentional wishing.
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It’s kinda hilarious that I can recite large chunks of many Sanskrit hymns (they tend to be long do memorizing complete ones is a feat) simply by virtue of having picked them up through repeatedly hearing them and barely understanding 10-25%.
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My older relatives are convinced it does me good anyway. Even uncomprehending listening and rote parroting ability picked up despite yourself.
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I suspect Christian prayer is significantly more social by default. Hindu prayer seems to be private by default.https://twitter.com/micahtredding/status/1318350061483532288?s=21 …
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Same as the difference between standard-issue morals and self-discovered morals or standard-issue stoves vs a homemade stove
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Probably the shaping of the supplication to fit institutionally-approved values and concerns.
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Prayer tends to be implicitly social, even if done privately. I suspect this is not as true for magic.
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Most institutionalized forms of prayer are a social organization mechanism more than a legit request for supernatural intervention. Whereas that's generally NOT true for magical incantations and occult rituals.
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I don't think any modern theory of prayer involves expectation of magical intervention. Not that I think most people that pray are engaging in any modern understanding of prayer.
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