It's terrible theology. If the Christian God is real, he doesn't tabulate the number of prayers you get or how much sympathy you can arouse. If the person sincerely prays for God's help, that's enough, and if God doesn't come through, sometimes the answer is 'no'. In fact, going around asking for prayers is the last thing the person should be doing, as a believing Christian, they should be on their knees begging God for mercy, and then get to work in faith that God will come through for them, not soliciting telepathic shout-outs.
Nodding and acceding (or pretending to accede) to the guy's request isn't helping, it's polite apathy.
Nodding and acceding (or pretending to accede) to the guy's request isn't helping, it's polite apathy.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
