Saying your Prayers
When you were a child, did you observe the nightly ritual of "God bless mommy and daddy and fluffy and grampa" bedtime prayers?
| 50% (1) | Yes, and it was meaningful to me. | |
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| 0% (0) | Yes, but only because I was taught to. | |
| 0% (0) | Not always, but sometimes. | |
| 50% (1) | No, never. |
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If YES, when did you stop?
| 0% (0) | Before I was ten years old. | |
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| 50% (1) | Between ten and 14. | |
| 0% (0) | After 14. | |
| 0% (0) | I still do, regularly. | |
| 0% (0) | I still do occasionally. | |
| 50% (1) | NO, I never did. |
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Do your parents say their bedtime prayers every night, the same way that small children do?
| 0% (0) | Yes. | |
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| 0% (0) | They pray regularly, but in different ways. | |
| 50% (1) | No, theyve stopped. | |
| 50% (1) | No, they never did as far as I know. |
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Does God hear bedside prayers of children, but not adults?
| 50% (1) | Adults should do it too. | |
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| 0% (0) | Adults dont have to do it every night like that. | |
| 0% (0) | Its just a religious ritual. | |
| 50% (1) | Its just a way to introduce children to the concept of prayer. |
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Usually, children stop believing in Santa Claus at about the same time that they stop believing that their bedside prayers have a special significance to God. Does this mean that letters to Santa and prayers to God both go to pretty much the same in-box?
| 0% (0) | No. There really is a God who hears our prayers. | |
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| 50% (1) | Yes, its a childhood cultural tradition not based on reality. | |
| 50% (1) | Maybe. |
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