"I'll pray for you."

[Gilgamesh]

I hear this more than I care to. I usually reply with something quippy:

"Well, that's a complete waste of fucking time."
"Since you'll be on your knees, I would much prefer a blow job."

The list is endless depending on what prompted the useless gesture.

damn brah so edgy.

[Simon Moon]

I've also been told, "I'll pray for you." Hasn't helped much, I'm still an atheist.

Seems like its worked out perfectly.

'God' has allowed you to continue to use the brain he gave you in order to discern that there is just not sufficient evidence or reasoned argument to justify belief that he exists. You are passing the test and will be rewarded in the afterlife.

[Fryslân]

I've heard "I'll pray for you" more times than I can recall

That's our code for "fuck off and die, heretic". The only thing we pray for is a return to the good old days when we could torture The Holy Spirit into you before we burn you at the stake.

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Someone told me he would pray to Allah to send me to hell.

Muslims have no sense of subtly the way we do.

Not sure if you're joking or that you're a complete hypocrite and idiot. First you say "I'll pray for you" is your way of saying "fuck of and die", and the next you say Muslims don't have a sense of subtlety?

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

The thing is that it's not really meant as an insult, it just comes across as insulting in certain contexts.

[Cato]

Not sure if you're joking or that you're a complete hypocrite and idiot. First you say "I'll pray for you" is your way of saying "fuck of and die", and the next you say Muslims don't have a sense of subtlety?

Please read Yahweh's signature.

[Something completely different]

Was it Dawkins or Hitchens who remarkt that the best reply for this can only be "And I will think for you!" ??

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damn brah so edgy.

I was really looking forward to reading the posts of Creed, Kichi and others again.

And all I find is that you are still the same imature bag of uselessnes which you were before.

Why dont you leave for some time and return when hair start growing on your balls?

[NoraBrimstone]

I hear it very very rarely. It's been a few years at least.

[YahwehIsTheWay]

Not sure if you're joking or that you're a complete hypocrite and idiot. First you say "I'll pray for you" is your way of saying "fuck of and die", and the next you say Muslims don't have a sense of subtlety?

You obviously don't understand the distinction of hating but doing it with grace and style.

The distinction is best explained by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's BEST Christian when she called out the uncouth Westboro Baptist Church. Enjoy her video:




P.S. Anyone who doesn't understand why I'm only America's 3rd Best Christian, it's because I can't compete with Mrs. Betty Bowers. Pastor Deacon Fred is the 2nd Best Christian in America.

P.P.S. GLORY!
I have POE-ned yet another atheist.
Glory and praise the sweet name of Jay-zus!

[Dena]

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. She said she'd pray for us. She is his grandmother, so I accept it as her offer of sympathy and that's it. I don't hold it against her.

I got that a lot when I was in intensive care in January. Plenty of people offered to pray - I wish some of them would have visited instead. The people who did take the time to visit? With one exception, all atheists.

Well that's crappy. I understand that prayer makes people feel like they have power when they are actually powerless. What I don't understand is why they use it as an excuse not to do something when they have every ability to do so.

[c172]

I've heard "I'll pray for you" more times than I can recall, but I wonder how many people actually kneel down at the side of their bed and pray for me to find God when they get home that night.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you have been told that you would be prayed for?

As one with visible mobility issues (spina bifida), I am a magnet for those types, and I know at least a few in my life have actually put their hands on me and prayed.