I know not all praying religions have their adherents join their hands, but I think it’s the case for most. Many cultures even use clasped hands in day-to-day life as a sign of deference or pleading (which I guess makes them “social prayers”).
My only ‘armchair anthropologist’ theory is that hands that are gripped together are unable to present a threat to you, so it is a signal of voluntary vulnerability. But that doesn’t make sense in a religious context (although it does in the social context), because how would you ever be a threat to any god in the first place? 🤔 If anything, you’re displaying arrogance by saying to god “yeah I COULD fuck you up, but just for this conversation, I’m gonna decommission my arms, arms which I have to register as deadly weapons by the way”.
A secondary question on this topic is what is the function of praying hands in the praying process? If you say a prayer without joining your hands, does it not reach god? Or does he hear it but he’s like “uhhh, excuse me?? Forgetting something? No childhood leukaemia cure for you, I guess!” like an overly-pedantic lawyer?
Third question: Do any holy books actually describe or prescribe ‘praying hands’? If so, what do they have to say about it?
Cheers! 🙏
If you say a prayer without joining your hands, does it not reach god?
Lol, yes the hands act as a transmitter antenna to send the message. Without it you’ll get bad reception.
Hands apart is for capacitive prayer transmissions, but most religions nowadays use inductive transmission where hands together help form the inductive loop through the hands. It is also important to not pray while laying down, as this changes the polarity.
Fun fact: the electronic symbol for capacitor represents two hands held slightly apart. This is because capacitive prayers were the most common back when the capacitor was invented.
I would also say that if you don’t hear the voice of god while praying, there might be a magnetic field interfering with your connection.
Yup. That’s the main reason why 5G is so bad for you.
Wow, this was a great bit of shit-spinning, 10 points
because religion does not like masturbation.
Do any holy books actually describe or prescribe ‘praying hands’? If so, what do they have to say about it?
Hinduism originated in the Indus River valley as a collection of oral traditions for a couple millennia. Then, 3000-3500 years ago, the Sanskrit word “namaste”, meaning “bowing to you”, and it’s hands-together pose was documented in what’s today the Hindu Vedas.
In the Vedas it symbolized the connection of the human and divine. Today “namaste” is commonly used as a respectful greeting. Instead of “namaste”, in America we might say, “Thank you for inviting me to your home.”
And then when they ask you to leave their home, one can also reply “namaste”.
The only thing I clasp is my ankles when screaming “oh god oh god”
Can’t speak for anyone else, but I personally like the feeling of two equal and opposite forces pushing against each other, cancelling each other out and creating a firm, unchanged, structure no matter how much force is applied. I do the same while doing squats sometimes, pressing hands together while descending, and it feels more stable.
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I wondered this the first time going to a temple or shrine in Japan. It’s also quite common here. I wondered if maybe it came over with Buddhism and it made it’s way into the now-mostly-unified Shinto practice (pre-meiji-restoration, beliefs and practices were a lot more local). It could also have come in at the time of christian missionaries, but that seems a lot less like especially since it persists after the christians were forced to leave, convert, or die (though hidden christians remained, often meeting in caves in the hills and such).
I think one would have to search through what written accounts of people remain, particularly those of outside observers in a new place.
I thought maybe it came from some older homo sapiens practice, but even things such as nodding for yes aren’t consistent, so maybe not.
😂😂😂😂😂…
Idk about ally hat, I just wanted to say that emoji always makes me think of two people high fiving first, and I need to mentally change it to “no, it’s probably praying”.
Jesus -who Christians believe to be God Himself- is described as looking up to Heaven to pray
John 17:1 ESV
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you
He also fell on His face Matthew 26:39 ESV
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
I don’t think this is biblical in origin
