RE: Your opinion on "Prayer Shaming"?
December 4, 2015 at 7:34 pm
(This post was last modified: December 4, 2015 at 7:34 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(December 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(December 4, 2015 at 10:49 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Of course, people have the right to say whatever they want, but I do think it's rude to tell people to "get off their asses and do something instead of praying." This assumes that just because someone prays it means they don't do anything else or are not willing to do anything else. It's a false dichotomy. You can pray, and you can do other things, too. You can even do them at the same time.
How about suggesting that they pray for the wisdom and strength to do what needs doing? Don't you think that is the most effective sort of prayer?
Perhaps pray for action before anyone else has to suffer in the same way.
I like that.
I don't know if any type of prayer is more "effective" than the other, though. The idea is to pray but also to do what you can at all times.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
