What gods do you pray to?

[Ave]

I pray to the Four Winds.

[rizz]

I am a Christian and I pray to God and Jesus.

I have prayed for my enemies to die a few times and two guys who used to piss me off dieded, so...

[AWellArmedCat]

Various kami and bodhisattva as well as the old Germanic gods on occasion. Most recently I prayed to Kannon at Kiyomizudera

[ouronis]

Whichever one is going to help me get out of whatever fucked up situation I'm in. I pray to the collective unconscious

[Manatroid92]

I’m a kinda-sorta Taoist, and in some versions of its faith, it has gods.
I guess if you could say I worshipped anything, it would be just to love harmoniously, and to ‘do good’.

[godslave]

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Just kidding I respect all religious views !

[VewyScawwyNawcissist]

daddy G

[Nephilthoth]

I think it's bad, but I don't pray, even though I don't have a necessarily negative opinion toward religions in general, I can't bring myself to pray to a god. It makes me a heathen. Regardless, I feel I still have a connection to something nameless yet divine.

[Ave]

In reality, I was being theatrical with my first post, and @godslave got my Conan reference, but I actually find it very interesting reading everyone's answers.

I don't pray either. I don't really see a point in doing so, though I feel a connection with something beyond myself which you could call some form/forms of the divine.

I'm reading about Tengrism these days, and it speaks to my soul. I have Turkish ancestry, and while I haven't explored this side of my family in terms of its roots, it's something I want to do to see what the connection is with Tengrist beliefs (if any).

I also really like the ancient Germanic pantheon. It would be interesting to study my roots on the European side of my family as well, and Odin, the major god of the Germanic pantheon, has always spoken to my soul ever since I read Flowers's essay The Secret of the Gothick God of Darkness.

In any case, I don't pray to any of these deities, but they do inspire me on a personal level.

[Poptart]

Kanye

[Poptart]

Hillary Rodham Clinton

[SacredKnowing]

To God the Father, through Jesus Christ as the one and ultimate mediator between God and human beings (1 Timothy 2:5), with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary the dispenser of all graces, my guardian Angel, and many saints.

[SacredKnowing]

Various kami and bodhisattva as well as the old Germanic gods on occasion. Most recently I prayed to Kannon at Kiyomizudera

Get thee to a baptistery, you unwashed heathen. The Japanese can plead ignorance as an excuse, but you?

[Hawk]

[SacredKnowing]

I have prayed for my enemies to die a few times and two guys who used to piss me off dieded, so...

"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore." - Albert Einstein

[AWellArmedCat]

Get thee to a baptistery, you unwashed heathen. The Japanese can plead ignorance as an excuse, but you?

I was raised in a non-denominational protestant Christian setting, but I never felt whatever it was everyone else seemed to be feeling. Mountains, waterfalls, storms, and the changing of the seasons bring me to tears and an overwhelming sense of awe and majesty. The inside of a church never did. I already feel disconnected enough from the earth as it is, and Christianity seems to encourage a severing of ties with the world and a sort of separateness which I could never really appreciate. I'd rather dive into the world and experience it more deeply. Incidentally Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau were the only ones who ever made Christianity look at all interesting to me, but I haven't really been listening to them much lately as I feel they got way too caught up in right-wing weirdness

[Not A Communist Shill]

I don't believe in any and wouldn't see the point in prayer in any case.

[ILoveChinchillas]

The uncaused cause.

[ILoveChinchillas]

Kanye

[InterPrizeWes]

I’m a kinda-sorta Taoist, and in some versions of its faith, it has gods.
I guess if you could say I worshipped anything, it would be just to love harmoniously, and to ‘do good’.

I’m also a seeker of the Tao, looking for harmony and lucidity in an evolving petal of whirlpool focus and channeling universal processes to balance time and myths of the legendary trance of willful untying of tension to flow and embrace the rhythms and paradigms of the changeless and eternal.

[SacredKnowing]

I’m also a seeker of the Tao, looking for harmony and lucidity in an evolving petal of whirlpool focus and channeling universal processes to balance time and myths of the legendary trance of willful untying of tension to flow and embrace the rhythms and paradigms of the changeless and eternal.

You should study the works of Raymond Smullyan. They're hard, could take many years, and you'll probably need a tutor, but you'll see a lot of your worldview confirmed.

[Aquamarine]

This post reminded me that i haven't prayed in a very long time, but the last time I did it I think it was either to god or the universe...

[Hot Scalding Gayser]

I pray to God, who I view is a gay male. Wow that sounds narcissistic. But for eons people picture God as a straight old man- to me, God is gay.

I have encountered religious abuse, so for a long time I didn't want anything to do with religion. I am a thing worthy of eternal torture just for who I am. Yeah, I am 'playing victim' a little bit with that- but I really did grow up with people who genuinely believed that way. I can't ask forgiveness like str8 people can- because God has already given me up.

I'm just so bad - there isn't even a good word for how awful homos are. They tried to trap me in Hell, but I laughed and escaped. I'm too powerful to be put in Hell- and Heaven doesn't want me, because I'm too provocative. So I'm here on Earth as the Drag Queen house mother, inspiring others to be themselves and also trying to love and accept my weirdo found family.

You know it's funny, gays are horrible sinners- yet so many gay men have since the dawn of time played the role of spiritual functionaries in our societies. Priests, Shaman. I'm a natural leader. I shine. I can moderate you, but I'd rather just accept and love you.

A lot of people do have the Bible backwards. When God said 'be fruitful and multiply' he didn't mean be a careless "breeder" all willy-nilly. It was meant more that the holiest of gay sex makes the crops crow and taste the best. Gay males also inherently have strong druidic powers. When God said don't have sex with men like you do women- he meant for people not to overly compare gay sex with straight sex so much- that is the true sin that causes mental delusions. People need to learn how to properly read- but heterosexuals - bless their souls- have never been known for their reading comprehension skills.

In Romans, God punished wicked straight men by turning them gay - because he knew that being a fag is the worst fear a cruel bully has. So he made them burn in lust for one another and hate themselves- in no way was God saying homosexuality itself was Evil.

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, because somebody tried to say consensual gay sex was worse than heterosexual pedophilia. It's true. Just read the damn thing in its entirety. In it's whole-ness- without the bigotry lens.

It's about the hetero-dysoptia. Adolescents and cool kids don't call it 'moral ******ry' for nothing- Gay men are called to look higher and have a deeper purpose. Gay sex can still be sinful and wrong and wicked of course duhhh Dahmer and Gacy, but I believe the best gay sex is actually very positive and affirming. Many gay people have internalized the beliefs and prejudices society has inflicted upon us. "You won't be anything more than a useless whore- now go on PreP and shut up." Well-behaved gays rarely make history, and I am historic bitches!!!

[chriscorey]

I pray to God, who I view is a gay male. Wow that sounds narcissistic. But for eons people picture God has a straight old man- to me, God is gay.

I have encountered religious abuse, so for a long time I didn't want anything to do with religion. I am a thing worthy of eternal torture just for who I am. Yeah, I am 'playing victim' a little bit with that- but I really did grow up with people who genuinely believed that way. I can't ask forgiveness like str8 people can- because God has already given me up.

I'm just so bad - there isn't even a good word for how awful homos are. They tried to trap me in Hell, but I laughed and escaped. I'm too powerful to be put in Hell- and Heaven doesn't want me, because I'm too provocative. So I'm here on Earth as the Drag Queen house mother, inspiring others to be themselves and also trying to love and accept my weirdo found family.

You know it's funny, gays are horrible sinners- yet so many gay men have since the dawn of time played the role of spiritual functionaries in our societies. Priests, Shaman. I'm a natural leader. I shine. I can moderate you, but I'd rather just accept and love you.

A lot of people do have the Bible backwards. When God said 'be fruitful and multiply' he didn't mean be a careless "breeder" all willy-nilly. It was meant more that the holiest of gay sex makes the crops crow and taste the best. Gay males also inherently have strong druidic powers. When God said don't have sex with men like you do women- he meant for people not to overly compare gay sex with straight sex so much- that is the true sin that causes mental delusions. People need to learn how to properly read- but heterosexuals - bless their souls- have never been known for their reading comprehension skills.

In Romans, God punished wicked straight men by turning them gay - because he knew that being a fag is the worst fear a cruel bully has. So he made them burn in lust for one another and hate themselves- in no way was God saying homosexuality itself was Evil.

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, because somebody tried to say consensual gay sex was worse than heterosexual pedophilia. It's true. Just read the damn thing in its entirety. In it's whole-ness- without the bigotry lens.

It's about the hetero-dysoptia. Adolescents and cool kids don't call it 'moral ******ry' for nothing- Gay men are called to look higher and have a deeper purpose. Gay sex can still be sinful and wrong and wicked of course duhhh Dahmer and Gacy, but I believe the best gay sex is actually very positive and affirming. Many gay people have internalized the beliefs and prejudices society has inflicted upon us. "You won't be anything more than a useless whore- now go on PreP and shut up." Well-behaved gays rarely make history, and I am historic bitches!!!

I know this won't mean much because I have schizophrenia but my voices claim to be angels and from what I gather they're pan-sexual. The cruel mean voices I'd hear were homophobic and would call me Satan regardless of the fact that I'd done nothing wrong. They just wanted a reason to damn me to hell.

The angels described to me that they're reincarnated over and over as men and women...so they're pan-sexual.

[FreelancePoliceman]

I used to write prayers in ancient Greek to Hermes to practice my Greek. I also wrote out the Orphic hymn to Hermes and stuck it above my dresser for inspiration, less because I actually believe in a god but because the sentiments expressed in the prayer resonate with me, and thinking about them helps me focus the face I present to the outside world.

https://youtu.be/9cbDKbmZppU

[Hot Scalding Gayser]

I know this won't mean much because I have schizophrenia but my voices claim to be angels and from what I gather they're pan-sexual. The cruel mean voices I'd hear were homophobic and would call me Satan regardless of the fact that I'd done nothing wrong. They just wanted a reason to damn me to hell.

The angels described to me that they're reincarnated over and over as men and women...so they're pan-sexual.

Yes that's exactly what Satan does- abuses the innocent. Not unlike telling a rape or abuse victim that they deserved it. You must be bad, so that bad thing happened to you. etc. Satan doesn't want to just devour the innocent for gratification - but twist justice and reality so. The pride is the trap- it's a certain sense of sick sadism for cruel homophobes to make themselves right and you "wrong" - and hubris is the sin that God hates the most.

My mom said I should be a priest. And what you said meant quite a bit I think. <3

[FreelancePoliceman]

Various kami and bodhisattva as well as the old Germanic gods on occasion. Most recently I prayed to Kannon at Kiyomizudera

Covering all your bases? ツ

[AWellArmedCat]

Covering all your bases? ツ

At each new place of worship I pray for protection against the last god I prayed to. Hopefully they're not the jealous types, but I guess I'll find out

[FreelancePoliceman]

I was raised in a non-denominational protestant Christian setting, but I never felt whatever it was everyone else seemed to be feeling. Mountains, waterfalls, storms, and the changing of the seasons bring me to tears and an overwhelming sense of awe and majesty. The inside of a church never did. I already feel disconnected enough from the earth as it is, and Christianity seems to encourage a severing of ties with the world and a sort of separateness which I could never really appreciate. I'd rather dive into the world and experience it more deeply. Incidentally Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau were the only ones who ever made Christianity look at all interesting to me, but I haven't really been listening to them much lately as I feel they got way too caught up in right-wing weirdness

I think I understand what you mean. I grew up evangelical and a part of me was always very uncomfortable with the "stiffness" of the services. I felt no one could actually rationally believe this: the god who'd created the world in all its variation wanted nothing more than to be ostensibly honored by people in dark suits reciting prepared words over and over again in a decorated building for two hours a week -- that just didn't make sense to me. If you wanted to "honor" God, you wouldn't disrespect what he'd made -- you'd meet naked, and outside in tolerable weather, and you'd speak from the heart. Though I wouldn't have believed God was so preoccupied with being "honored." I think that people generally make their gods in their own psychic image, and there were many aspects of Christianity that, because they didn't sit right with some part of my personality, I couldn't attribute to divinity, even though I wasn't capable of making a rational argument against them.

I like to hike, and strongly appreciate beauty, but I wouldn't say I get a sense of the divine from nature. I guess it's more a sense I have I rely on in a way -- a link to God, the unconscious, whatever. It seems related to Ne for me. Like a sympathetic spirit, or the best version of myself, gives me nudges or a sense of inspiration to move in a certain direction. When I have these flashes of understanding or begin to move in these directions everything feels "right." More vivid and more dreamlike at the same time, and I get a brief sense of connection to a greater pattern. From that pattern I see a glimpse of the character of "God" or whatever you'd like to call it that appears to me. It may be only a glimpse, but it's enough that I can't reconcile the Abrahamic god to it, personally.

[jroc]

I am a faithless heathen.

Jk but not really.

I was raised Catholic, but as I grew up, I became more and more agnostic. My thoughts toward God and religion are just: ???
Am I a lost sheep? Am I destined for hell? Probably. Am I also being facetious?
I almost wish I could believe in god, or at least some sort of higher power. I think religion can serve as a profound source of comfort when faced with inevitable suffering. And I respect worship and the way that people can believe wholeheartedly in religion. I just can't relate to it, or to the concept of faith. So there are no gods that I pray to. But I remember praying as a child, and I found a sense of calm in it -- like meditation, in a way.

[Tarnished]

I may believe god/gods exist or not, it's not important, but how about giving it/him/her/them a middle finger instead. Like... fuck you guys, how could you guys do magics and I couldn't...

I like meditation more, praying and trying to connect with some outer gods is dangerous.

[Lycantrope]

I pray to my authoritarian super-ego

[Vex]

I'm agnostic so the last time I prayed was with my sister like a year or two ago. I personally prayed to the universe.

[adage]

I don't know.

I kinda pray I guess but it's not aimed at any god or thing.
I didn't have a religious upbringing so it's all kind of hazy for me, idek why I "pray" if that really is what I do.
I mostly ask for answer and guidance.
It's just spontaneous a desire to understand and move forward, works often.

[xerx]

I prey on God.

[InterPrizeWes]

My strategy is not to say prayers, but to be a creator.

[aixelsyd]

Jesus and the Creator.

[Bethanyclaire]

I don’t. I thought God might be real..that’s when I was pretty much mentally ill (not in a super obvious way). As soon as I discovered socionics I became atheist again. I pray to my inner child..or I pray to an idea of God- all the good people I’ve known or people who inspire me. I find people’s faith on this site fascinating..in a good way. I’ve never known anything like it- I live in a metropolitan city, religion isn’t really a thing. I kinda wish there were a few more atheist scientists on the site (as I think there would be more science based discussion)..but people’s religious fervour is infectious and uplifting. I think in the UK we’re more obsessed with culture..and I did go to Catholic school. It was ok, but a bit stuffy..

[Nunki]

I once read about a scientific study in which participants were asked to pray for certain hospital patients and not others. The study found no benefit to the people who had been prayed for. So, while I believe there is a Supreme Being, I don't bother asking Him for assistance. If I pray to Him at all, it is only to thank Him for the good things in my life.

[Disturbed]

I don't believe that there is a deity, so I don't pray.