(January 5, 2009 at 10:29 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: Prayer is dumb. What it actually shows is the arrogance of religious believers that some all powerful creator god cares about them to meddle in their everyday life.
It's also an effortless way for people to pretend they're doing something to help you, when really they not.
Exactly! Many's the time I have seen news reports of people praying for others in a tragedy (church services and such) and held up as if they are something grand or noble ... they're not! They do nothing except blow self-serving sunshine up the pray-ers collective arses and I'm usually thinking (sneering might be a better description if truth be known), "If you're really so bloody concerned (they typically aren't of course) why don't you get out there and do something?" That may seem unkind but I ma genuinely sick of the kind of media crap when it comes to reporting things like that (and don't even get me started on when someone is reported as being " a good Christian" or whatever ... sickening!) ... it makes me so angry!
Kyu
