Some woman I never met told me point blank at the gym that I should pray more. After staring at her in disbelief for ten solid seconds, she told me I had a disability because I had sinned. Obviously.
So I asked her why I should pray a God that disabled me: she told me God loved me and had a plan for me. Tough love I guess. But hey, if there’s a plan…
Then I asked her if my limbs would grow back if I prayed enough: no she said, but it’s not too late to let Jesus into my life.
Well that made total sense. I’m off to church then…
I have had many people over the years tell me without any kind of prompting that “I need Jesus.”
“Yes,” is my stock response. “I know I’m fresh out. I’ll pick up some more at the store on the way home.”
It usually gets them out of my face.
I’ll have to reuse that one 🙂
“Don’t you have time for our lord and saviour?”
“I still haven’t finished reading the Times, I’ll drop by them when I’m done”
I’ve told people prayer is a lack of faith, that you believe your god made the wrong decisions in their plan for someone and are now giving god advice on how to correct their mistake.
Prayer (or at least praying for anything) is honestly the most arrogant thing anyone can do. It presupposes the existence of omniscient and omnipotent being, typically one with a grand plan and endless love.
Then you’re asking them to change all of that just because you fucking asked them to.
Agree absolutely, but they will reply “God is testing our faith”. I forgot how to disprove that specific circular argument now so I will get into it again…
Sounds like something a narcissist would do.
How do you interpret purposely causing someone pain just to see if they come running to you for help as “goodness”?
Maybe I’ll go home and punch my wife to test her love.
“shoulda started masturbating right there. commenting, ‘this is how we pray to biggusdickus’, or something.”
<reads “arms grow back”>
Shit.
In any case, yeah. it always amazes me the logic behind prayer, and how everything bad is your fault because “sin”… but everything good is because god did something. they can’t say what. but, you got that promotion because of god. you’re still alive. cuz god. you’re kids got a’s. cuz god. it has absolutely nothing to do with hardwork and taking care of yourself, none at all. it’s all god. unless its bad. then it’s definitely your fault.
You think thats funny?
Wait until biggusdickus hears about this.
“shoulda started masturbating right there. commenting, ‘this is how we pray to biggusdickus’, or something.”
With 15 other people in the gym room, I don’t think so. But amusing thought nonetheless 🙂
It’s communion!
Why? Are you shy or something? 🙂
Should have told her you “Prayed she would go away.”
