In article , Morgans says...


"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote

Think of prayer like chicken soup when you have a cold.It might not help
but
maybe it won't hurt either :-)As atheists you may not think praying has
any
validity but just consider it our way of offering someone our very best
wishes
for good luck and in this case a speedy recovery.

More than that, I think.

I have seen things happen that either are the most improbable collections of
coincidence, or put another way, a miracle of sorts. An atheist looks at it
as the improbable happening, and others look at it as a touch of The
Almighty.

A religious person prays for a person to recover well, and believes that his
God can make it happen. Who is to say that it will not?

In Christianity, the believers are told to love their enemy, (not that the
atheist is an enemy) and pray for non believers. That is what they are
doing.

So, in short, I hope that some combination of happenings combine to
contribute to a fast and full recovery. How I make that wish is a personal
thing, and no less meaningful, no matter who it is for, and no matter how
that hope is expressed.

well said

Chuck S