Prayer and Religious Gestures

There are gestures specific to every religion. Naturally we bow our heads and sometimes even kneel for prayer. When we look downwards we are saying that we are not worthy of His love and/or we may be at our lowest.

Gestures in religion also serve the purpose of creating community and unity; and to do them as a group shows respect for the church, God, and the religion.

Now when we see the 'illustrator' gesture of placing the palms together in a prayer like the above gesture in the picture, in non religious setting, it is saying, I am pleading my case. It is open to debate if you are pleading your case to the listener or to God himself.◦

Prayer and Religious Gestures