zodiac19 Feb 2006

So prayer is only relevant to personal salvation, then. It's pretty conceivable that God would say "Well, I wasn't going to save so-and-so, but since he prays so much, I guess I will."

Of course, you CAN simply pray "God send me to heaven instead of hell". But if you could likely get bonus points for wishing good on other people while praying, why the hell wouldn't you?