| A simple conventional answer may be that we pray | | | | various natural objects that threatened or benefited |
| because our forefathers have been praying and told | | | | his survival. When human beings developed tools for |
| us to pray, this is exactly as we tell our children to | | | | self-defense and gradually advanced in science they |
| pray. Traditionaly we pray because God has asked us | | | | tended to drift away from religion.They found |
| to pray. But for many people who are sincerely | | | | security in science rather than prayer because |
| searching for a more meaningful answer this may not | | | | science gave them control over the forces of nature. |
| be satisfactory. First of all God has given us freedom | | | | Priesthood considered this attitude as an attack on |
| of choice for everything including prayers, so we do | | | | religion itself. This led to a continuous battle of religion |
| not have to pray if we do not want to. Usually we | | | | with science. History bears ample testimony to this |
| donot pray when we are enjoying the good times, | | | | continuous struggle. Thus we see that there seems |
| but majority do this when some tragedy strikes or | | | | to be no single reason as to why people pray. |
| when we reach old age that many of us start | | | | Everyone can come up with his or her own answer |
| praying regularly. For example an airplane full of | | | | and feel satisfied. In fact this is what we normally do. |
| people is going to crash and in this situation every | | | | But as we mentioned before, the right answer that |
| one will be praying for life and survival.This instinct of | | | | transcends space, time circumatance and human |
| self-survival is inherent in every living being including | | | | emotions can only come from God through his |
| humans. But humans find themselves helpless and | | | | book..The Quran. |
| defenseless against many living beings and natural | | | | Why do we pray? |
| catastrophes. Therefore prmitive human prayed to | | | | |