Why Should The Total Number Of People Praying For A Certain Outcome... [View All]

[arwalden]

... make any difference to a deity? Logic tells me that a deity would grant the prayer request based on whether or not the recipient/s are deserving. It also seems logical that the other reason a deity would grant a prayer request, would be out of compassion for the person/s.

Do things like "prayer-chains" or "prayer circles" give any one person an unfair advantage over people who don't have such networking abilities? Are lone prayers more likely to be ignored by deities than the organized group prayers?

If it's true that prayer-chains are more effective, that doesn't seem quite fair to isolated individuals. To me, the prayer-chains sound like they are "freeping" the prayer-system. -- On the other hand, if lone prayers are just as effective as prayer-chains, then what's the purpose of prayer-chains?

I just don't follow the logic behind such tactics of begging deities for specific desirable outcomes.