RE: "I'll pray for you."
June 3, 2013 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2013 at 10:27 am by Doubting Thomas.)
I'm tempted to respond to anyone who says "I'll pray for you" with "OK, and I'll sacrifice a goat for you" since they'd likely have the same effect. But, the way most Christians around here think of atheists they'd probably think I was serious.
As an ex-Catholic I know what it probably means. Most Catholic churches have racks of votive candles you can light for a small donation. She was going to go to her church, drop a quarter in the box, light one of those votive candles, and say a prayer. Honestly I don't know why lighting a candle is supposed to have any greater prayer power than just praying, but I suspect it's just another way for the church to get donations.
(May 29, 2013 at 7:16 pm)Dena Wrote: Next to never. Though, after my first miscarriage my husband's grandmother told me she was going to light a candle for the baby. I have absolutely no idea what that means. She's Catholic. I don't understand it.
As an ex-Catholic I know what it probably means. Most Catholic churches have racks of votive candles you can light for a small donation. She was going to go to her church, drop a quarter in the box, light one of those votive candles, and say a prayer. Honestly I don't know why lighting a candle is supposed to have any greater prayer power than just praying, but I suspect it's just another way for the church to get donations.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
