When you pray, how do you "select" a God to pray to?

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<p>Like, I’m confused.</p>

<p>I know it won’t be the Muslim God, so it won’t be praying to Mecca 5 times a day.</p>

<p>So then, how do you, like, select the Christian God to pray to? How do people know that it’s the Christian God that they’re explicitly praying to? Or another God? or something?</p>

<p>oh and i’m starting to pray. it’s really relaxing. :slight_smile: but i only seem to be praying to a generic god.</p>

<p>also, i’m not particularly fond of organized religion. i’m more open to just making it private between myself and whatever God it happens to be.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you do. In my mind, all of these “Gods” are a manifestation of one great spirit. I do believe that spirit will listen to your prayers no matter what you call it. But then again, I’m pantheistic so I can pray to anything and the same god would get my prayers.</p>

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<p>Any God who blesses me.</p>

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<p>you are assuming that god is a being and that gods are different. rather, one can picture god as a concept. thus, if you are “worshipping” some concept, some idea rather than a being you don’t have to “choose”</p>

<p>I think what you have found in praying is what praying was supposed to be. praying is a sort of “self talk”. It’s like a form of yoga in a way.</p>

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<p>the muslim God is the christian god is the Jewish god…(organized religions)
as for people who don’t like those, it could be a spiritual God (one that symbolizes all that you believe in).</p>

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<p>You pick the one most likely to give you decent artifacts, i.e., the neutral one.</p>

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<p>Go with the Greek Deities</p>

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<p>^ Athena pwnz.</p>

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<p>Hermes pwnz Athena</p>

<p>You don’t pick a God, it’s kind of assumed.</p>