So im not a very religious person but im thinking about getting into it. As a poker player, which god should we pray to in epic times of runbad? Im leaning towards Thor because he seems bad ass! If anyone has a suggestion that has helped them out, please let me know!

Your one true creator of you and the universe.

Oh, and do not test Him.

so.....Thor?

Sounds like a swell guy, this one true creator of the universe.

but when I pray to this guy, what do i call him? whats his/her name?

He's Perfect.

so it's definitely Thor

Perfect people are annoying, idk about Gods.

No, Thor is a God of the past, he isn't real anymore. The real ones right now are Jesus/Christian God, Allah, Buddah, Mary/Catholic Saints etc., and the Indian ones. I think the indians pray to some bear spirits or something, not sure though.

I've been praying to the God of Online Poker. I wasn't sure if there was a separate god for tilt and pokerstars so I lumped them together. I realize that could be a mistake. I think the worst mistake I could make is pray to both the tilt god and pokerstars god separately and hope they don't know i've been secretly praying behind their backs...surely that will result in the run bad of the centuries on both sites as they realize i'm not a true follower.

My results have been good but not great so my strategy must not be correct.

You jest, but this is essentially Hinduism.

You sound like a 5 year old who has a crush on his kindergarden teacher

The Spaghetti Monster ldo

Cthulhu

You missed in your study of religions 2 main points:
1) It is important to pray. If you are praying to a stone, a cow or god it doesn't really matter. The act is important and who is praying is important.
2) Who believes never prayes for money and success in this world. When he has a bad run, he thanks god for his love and when he has a good run than he asks God, why he did forget about him.

Don't know what religion you are referring to, but both these points are wrong in regards to Christianity.

While the first point is a little bit complex but not difficult to prove through Bible, I really wonder how a Christ might reject the second point. Would you please explain, regarding Christianity how the second point can be wrong? I estimate, there is not one quote in the whole Bible that doesn't prove the second point. Usually my estimates, regarding religions, are 100% right, but you might find one. But if you couldn't and you cannot, and you should confess that regarding the second point you have been wrong, than I will go ahead and explain you the first point through Bible.

So even if it is complex, you should have no problem explaining how it is okay to pray to a cow according to the Bible.

The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.- 1 Samuel 2:7
and the rich one to be thankful that he has been humbled...-James 1:10

**I see you edited your post to add a bunch of unnecessary hogwash...lol. Looking forward to your explanation to how the Bible says it is okay to pray to a cow.**

Prayer is just an inferior form of meditation. It is like self cognitive therapy, but again inferior. 'A god' only exists in your mind so pray to whichever one lives there if you must but I suggest taking a bit of control over your thoughts instead because they run away quite easily.

And when dealing with runbad read the psychology forum. 'Tilt' can be observed, it is fabrication. Rather than praying for something good to happen, think 'I will not get lucky' and then you wont be disapointed. Besides getting lucky means you are playing bad, getting unlucky should be seen as a good thing,

An intelligent fisher must first see if it is worth to get the fish that he has on his
fishhook. Therefore the editing.
I will explain the first point after you confess that you have been wrong regarding the second point. The quotes that you did chose are from Bible. But you must show what Bible means when it talks about poverty and wealth. I claim, Bible means who is strong and rich in this world, he is in reality weak and poor and who is poor and weak in this world, he is in reality strong and rich. Otherwise we would have to believe in Pharao and not in Jesus. Your first quote is from a very nice passage, which on its own shows that what I claim is right:
"My heart rejoices in the LORD;
in the LORD my horn [a] is lifted high." (this is what makes me rich and not money! Would you say this is wrong?)
4 "The bows of the warriors are broken,
but those who stumbled are armed with strength. (What did I say about rich people who are in reality poor....?)
5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry hunger no more. (They are not hungry, cause now God did give them money or cause now their heart rejoices in the Lord?)
8 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.
(Does it mean that he seats them with princes like Pharao or with princes like Jesus? May I remind you on John 1:51 : "I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.")
"For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's;
upon them he has set the world." (Is wealth the foundations of the earth, upon them the Lord has set world?)
"It is not by strength that one prevails" (What do you think strength means here? Doesn't it mean those who are rich on this earth and have the power on this earth?)
The second quote, I unfortunately didn't find it the way you did quote it. But the following is from James 1 (New international Version http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...01&version=NIV )
10But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. 11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.
(Do I have to add something to this?)

You have yet to prove yourself intelligent on this forum.

Let's be clear, are you saying that the verses i provided does not prove your second statement false?

which was:

I was wrong, I admit, sorry.

I'm not sure you will ever appreciate just how funny this statement is.

Well there is such a thing as "spiritual maturity" and Christianity has its' own version of it.

We don't overlap with other religions on spirituality as much as is commonly and mistakenly inferred.

You can read the book of Ephesians where Paul prays for help in building his "inner man" or you can take my word for it. (cf. Ephesians chap. 3)

The bible says we are "washed by the water of the word" and I see praying as a form of light or channel of light from heaven above. When you put the water and the light together with the seed of Christ deposited into the earth of your soul then you get to be born again and nourish that new life to a whole new mind and maturity. Of course, you'd have to have your nose in the bible to grasp it this way. But think of praying as moving more and more into a heavenly light because it is. Christians meditate too...there are different ways to tap into the light and of course, different light strengths.

Most likely a lot of Christians don't see it this way because they are overly focused on crises and problems and hoping to receive blessings and other things "the world" makes them focus on. But prayer builds your spirit man and what is more important that that?

indeed lol