Pathetic pleas to god from friends and family.

[Ziploc Surprise]

I have a lot of fundamentalist Christians on my Facebook page -mostly friends and family. When they go through a rough time some of them cry out to god via Facebook. Be it through graphics with sappy sweet sayings on it, rally calls for prayer, or through personal statements of how they're feeling at the moment. When I was a Christian I would answer them in the standard way. Something like "Just hang on. God will.....(blah blah blah). God still loves you." etc. Now I look at the situation and I want to make some sort of statement about wasting time and effort but I know it would only serve to upset them more. It's like hearing cries in the darkness for me now.

Here's the progression of posts from a friend of mine. It's fairly standard of what I read:

It started with a copy and paste of Psalm 55:17. It's a verse about crying day and night to god, and god hearing the cry. This was backed up by another quote about how people are stressed out because they don't take their problem to god in prayer.

A few days later she posts this statement: "Sometimes I think God hears everyone but me."

Today she posts: "Ok....I've come to the conclusion that maybe I am
not really listening.....I want to, but maybe I am not truly hearing."

I.e. the reason why god hasn't responded is not because god hasn't responded. It's because she is having trouble listening.

It's like a slow train wreck. I hate to see people go through a hard time and I'd like to say some sort of encouraging words (and often I can find something kind to say) but what can you do when the problem they have is with a god that doesn't exist who isn't answering them?

[FallentoReason]

Offer a practical solution to her problem. See what can actually be done in the meantime i.e. let her keep praying and what not but help her find a solution where she has to get up and do something about it.

[frankiej]

Remove the head or destroy the brain.

[Phil]

Offer a practical solution to her problem. See what can actually be done in the meantime i.e. let her keep praying and what not but help her find a solution where she has to get up and do something about it.

Yeah, let her know god helps those who help themselves then tell her that the saying is from Hercules and the Waggoner which is one of Aesop's Fables. Then watch her head asplode.

[Norfolk And Chance]

Yeah, let her know god helps those who help themselves then tell her that the saying is from Hercules and the Waggoner which is one of Aesop's Fables. Then watch her head asplode.

I'm going to store that one in the memory banks and use it in the future. Thanks.

By the way, Hawkings said there is as much negative energy as there is energy in the universe, therefore the universe = 0 *not anti matter and matter as I claimed* But you probably knew that anyway.

[Phil]

Yeah, let her know god helps those who help themselves then tell her that the saying is from Hercules and the Waggoner which is one of Aesop's Fables. Then watch her head asplode.

I'm going to store that one in the memory banks and use it in the future. Thanks.

By the way, Hawkings said there is as much negative energy as there is energy in the universe, therefore the universe = 0 *not anti matter and matter as I claimed* But you probably knew that anyway.

Saw your post. I actually told that to a fundie friend when she said "My god said he helps those who help themselves." I asked her why her god quoted from Aesop's Fables. She swore it was in the bible then told me I taught her something. I said "me, a godless heathen destined for hell taught you something?" She said I must have some Christian in me. I asked her if she wanted some atheist in her

[Neo-Scholastic]

God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.

[LastPoet]

Just as any other jar of milk...

[genkaus]

God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.

And sometimes things get better before they get even worse. I which case, the answer is "I'm just screwing with ya."

[Faith No More]

God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.

Or, and stick with me here, the answer is always no(read: no one is listening), but every once in a while a random circumstance makes it seem as if your prayer was answered.