RE: Ex-Christians
December 10, 2012 at 10:18 pm
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2012 at 10:19 pm by Norfolk And Chance.)
(December 10, 2012 at 9:58 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:(November 18, 2012 at 1:27 pm)Stimbo Wrote: If I were to say to someone "I pity you", I would be, and have been, considered condescending at best. But when someone says "I'll pray for you", in the sense that is intended here, that of addressing some perceived pitiable character flaw making that person inferior in some way, we're expected to be grateful.
I dont think pity is condescending and I certainly dont think praying for someone is insulting.
Theres a TON of scripture which makes me feel bad that I dont pray ENOUGH for people in the way TNmusicman has.
Look at it from my/our POV.
God exists.
God wants everyone to be saved.
Suppose Lion IRC couldnt care less about what God wants and never gave the matter any thought? (Lifes too short to waste it praying for others or meditating - aka praying - about their spiritual happiness.)
Then what? How is God going to judge me and my laziness?
Praying for someone you think is sick is seen by Christians as an honor and a duty. (See James 5:16)
Such a hostile reaction from an atheist - who supposedly thinks prayer/God is just meaningless superstition - strikes me as odd.
I can sort of understand that. Christians praying for me is neither here nor there, I won't be offended. From their POV I'm the one with the problem, so it's only natural to pray for me to see the light. They are of course wronger than a massive wrong thing, but meh. Delusion eh?
(December 10, 2012 at 10:13 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Praying does more than NOT praying.
Back that statement up.
NOW.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
