Chiches you want to bitch slap.

[greneknight]

I would give everything, every particle of my being, for it to be as simple as being bitten by a vampire. Please, I genuinely don't want to rake it up again right now. I suppose to be fair, I ought to point you to where I spoke of all this, rather than expect you to wade through two and a half thousand posts.

http://atheistforums.org/thread-12502-po...#pid277983

http://atheistforums.org/thread-12502-po...#pid278349

I'm very sorry to read of the death of your wife. I'm sorry I made light of what you said when you said you didn't sleep because of your condition. I really thought it was one of those excuses that I've heard from my friends when they're caught online at weird hours by an adult. If I had known it was a bereavement of this nature, I would not have mentioned it. Time will heal all this.

I have a friend who died of leukemia. He was in a lot of pain and he prayed for God to take away the pain. But he continued to be in pain. At that time, I was going to take a music exam (you probably know the ABRSM graded exams) and my mum knew I'd be very nervous because I had to play 3 pieces from different pieces and the last one was a technically challenging piece. My mum asked me to just say a quick prayer before going in to face the examiner.

But I refused to say any prayer because I thought if God didn't even relieve my friend of his horrible pain, I shouldn't bog God down with another prayer and let's face it - it's a bit silly to pray for my music performance when my friend's prayers are obviously higher on God's priority list. So I played without bothering with a prayer to this God who was neglecting my friend. As it turned out, I did very well in my performance but my friend continued to be in pain and he died months later a horrible death. God did bugger all for him. I mentioned this in Christian Forums and everyone was livid. They said I was childish to treat God like a chap behind the wish-list counter. Some said I was a troll and I was trying to attack Christianity. Most of them insisted I was a much older man out to harm the faithful.

But the truth is I was glad I didn't pray before my exam. I would have felt bad because it would mean God answered my prayer for something frivolous but he didn't care one bit for my dying friend. Not even alleviate his pain.