Grief and religous family members

[Owlix]

One of the hardest things for me at work is when my customers 'god bless' me. I hate it. I.... inner turmoil usually surfaces for a time.

your pops knows you're atheist. So it's really up to you. Grin and bear it during his time of grief, or while he's mourning the upcoming loss of his ma, remind him prayer does nothing but make him feel better.

Personally my biggest issue it the ability to let others be themselves when they're utter idiots or completely mistaken, so in that scenario, I don't know what I'd do. But I fucking hate it when people 'pray for me' or whatnot.

A cousin I have friended on FB a week ago posted something about this craze where unwed mothers are leaving their babies in dumpsters. My comment to her post was something like "this is exactly why abortion should be illegal, these girls found no other way out, and ending one 'life' before it's begun ensures that two lives aren't destroyed by the decision of gestation.' After some commentation on both parts, she said "I'm not debating with you, you obviously just want to argue...... and I pray for you to see the truth of life".
I proceeded to say 'don't pray for me. It's a pointless waste of time, and as we have little enough on this earth as it is, I don't want you (or anyone) wasting those precious seconds of your life speaking to the sky when it does absolutely fuck all." She deigned not to respond. But it does seem like her bible verse posts have quadrupled since that little encounter. Ignorance is bliss, except when you know better.