My annual Memorial Day thread

Prayer itself isn't an ideology. .
sorry, i just can't imagine any situation where this is an accurate statement -
as i understand it all prayer has both a target and an intention (vs, say meditation which might only have an intention)
'i'm praying to something for something'
the 'to something' is always going to be ideological, and thus it would follow that the 'for something' would be ideological as well

but i'm interested to hear your thoughts