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While conversing about the believer’s trauma of abandoning the practice of praying to a deity, my friend Stephen Marley noted the benefits of a “Transition from begging for guidance or favors from a mythological hero to an act of pure introspection and a positive appreciation for the realities of life.” This seems far healthier, more honest and nobler than fooling ourselves into thinking we have the ear of an invisible King of the Universe anxious to use his omnipotence to answer our petitions.