I have OCD, is my 'ritual' considered prayer?
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There are very few issues on which "Christians" would come to (near) unanimous agreement about, but there is a high probability that you've found one here:
Could the OCD behaviours of an atheist be (legitimately) considered as prayer?
99.9% of Christians would say No.
cf. Matthew 6:5-15 for what actually does constitute Christian prayer.
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