I Received An Email Today That Had An Interesting Idea In It That Anyone Could
By Adoniah
@Adoniah (7513)
United States
August 22, 2011 4:17pm CST
Do without straining themselves. Apparently during WWII Churchill asked all of the British folks to pray for the welfare of the people of Britain for one minute at a certain time everyday. Looks like it worked...
The email suggested that folks in America pray for one minute each night (9pm eastern,8pm central,7 pm mountain,and 6pm pacific) for the well being of our people, our country and our military wherever they may be.
That is one minute out of our life each evening...that is not much and it might make a difference. It certainly will not hurt. It might be nice for other countries to do the same thing, all faiths, all creeds, all peoples. What an interesting concept....
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@urbandekay (18278)
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23 Aug 11
Rather, let all the people anywhere in the world pray for world peace
all the best urban
@urbandekay (18278)
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25 Aug 11
Aye, then let's prey for that unease truce or ceasefire!
all the best urban
@petersum (4522)
• United States
22 Aug 11
Churchill needed to get the devout Christians and others to participate in the war! That is, the fighting! There were very many who refused due to their religious beliefs.
I not sure that it did work.
What you want is to unite all people, creeds and faiths - well sorry but that wont work either, unless we have another world war.
@GardenGerty (157663)
• United States
23 Aug 11
You are correct, praying for our nation and its well being will not hurt and it could possibly help. I do not know how many people we could get on board, and how many people would keep up with this in the course of their busy lives.
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
23 Aug 11
Your opening premise is flawed. It is a bit silly to premise that the allies prevailed in the Second World War as a result of prayer and it deminishes, to use another Churchill phrase, "the blood sweat and tears" of the British people.
Another question that comes to mind is what god or gods would you have us pray to? Since there are so many do you know the one that is most efficient at granting prayers.
This is actually a dangerous idea in its implication tha our military action is always correct and justified in their actions because god is on our side.
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
23 Aug 11
I did not list a god...I did not list a religion...I did not suggest a form for prayer, it could be a chant or a mantra.
I do not actually think a god won the war. I think inner peace brought on by a mantra can help peoples psyche and that this can help them in many ways.
I did not say that a god influenced the military action...or that their actions were considered correct because some god was on their side.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
For me yes that's life full of joy keep up the good work anyway now.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
24 Aug 11
This is not an unfamiliar concept.
Even when I was working in Asia, and in a predominantly Christian country, they had the same thing. They had the angelus at 6pm, and later on the 3 o'clock habit. It was an attempt to get the whole country praying at a certain time of the day.
Not really sure, but I think it is still working.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 Aug 11
This is not a new idea. this is something that has been working since the beginning of time. When a group of people focus their thoughts on one certain thing, the energy of that thought allows those ideas to come true... Your mind is very powerful. and a collective mind is even more powerful!
@teyun01 (4)
• China
23 Aug 11
I believe chirst ,I think all religons are good for people,you can pray a lot for people?Prayer is a very simple matter to show people the good!
