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Change in theme for the ol' blog:

The next year is going to follow my travails as I discover more about my faith and things I struggle with:

The first is:
Does Prayer matter? IS it a waste of time?
I am looking to open discussion on the following:

If god is gonna do whatever he wants to anyway--- Why should we pray?

Yes, Jesus prays (he sorta knew the outcome ahead of time) (I can quote the scripture that says he does)
But does prayer change things--- since God has a pre-determined will anyway?
Or is prayer merely a meditate, self-soothing effort by christians to try and communicate to a non-verbal god.
If you have time, I am looking for your deep thoughts?