But they are very reflective people who turn to what some of them call 'the mystery' rather than God. They don't use traditional terms. The survey found that people who attend church regularly are also more likely to pray daily than are people who attend church infrequently or not at all. Even so, more than one-third of the adults who said they have not attended worship services recently also said they have regular prayer habits. But for me, prayer helps me to connect with God.
Prayer is very positive.
If we put good thoughts into the universe, it helps us to advance. The survey found that 66 percent want public schools to encourage children to pray in the classroom. Adults in the poll also tended to believe that prayer can bring changes. But the poll found a frequent disconnect between belief in prayer and its practice. The survey was conducted Sept. 22 through Oct. 11 by Scripps Howard News Service and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.