Every time someone ends a prayer in the Western world they say Amen - that is the name of an Egyptian god associated with completion. So we're still praying to their gods.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.
For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to the Lord. Through this intimate relationship we find peace and guidance.
In working with people across the country and around the world, I've come to know that most of us go through times that re-route our prayer life.
Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
I still say the 'Lord's Prayer' every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.
The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.
God knows, we don't want prayer.
Prayer begins where human capacity ends.
Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.
Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.