When Christians say they'll pray for me...

McNinjaguy · 9 months

Christopher Hitchens response to this is genius, "I'll think for you".

jorsiem · 9 months

I will talk to myself all alone in my room tonight... FOR YOU.

wickedlikethreesixes · 9 months

I meant it in the context that said Christians were praying BECAUSE I'm an atheist.

Cavemonster · 9 months

Really?

Humans are a social species. Hell, most of the value of r/atheism is in the social value of knowing that you're not alone and that others sympathize with your problems.

Now, when a Christian say they'll pray for me BECAUSE I'm an atheist, that's insulting because it casts my view of the world as a problem, but when they say they'll pray for me when I'm sick or having any kind of personal problems, it's at least partially a way of conveying that social and emotional support that most humans respond to.

If knowing that people see and sympathize with your struggles wasn't valuable in and of itself, then r/atheism would be a muuuch smaller place.

Kwith · 9 months

Wow, I was watching this and then I realized that 5 minutes had passed without me noticing. Its hypnotic.

Mardok · 9 months

I think my reaction would be more like this http://tinypic.com/r/2mfni53/5

redcthulhu · 9 months

I'll pray for you - The only "Christian" way to tell someone to go fuck themselves.

Aendresh · 9 months

What do you know, my dad said that to me just this morning, this was my exact reaction.

Ouais · 9 months

I just realized this movie could be a metaphor for a Christian becoming an Atheist.

washie · 9 months

I like when theists say they'll pray for me IF it's in a positive way, ie:

"Oh, you're having surgery? I'll pray for you!"

However, if I hear:

"You don't believe that Jesus died for your sins?!? I'll PRAY for you!!"

I am displeased.

princetrunks · 9 months

My response

thevoxman · 9 months

ok. what's the gif from?

grazhdanin · 9 months

"I'll pray for you." "I'll think for you."

Works every time.

bastardsnow · 9 months

this is the best gif yet.

LonelyWizzard · 9 months

Can someone please tell me what this is from? I live jim carrey but I don't recognise this.

PrinceCola · 9 months

Wait..Jim Carrey used to be a christian or something? Not that it matters, Bruce Almighty is still awesome.

Ragnalypse · 9 months

Tell them you blasphemed against the holy spirit.

It "can not be forgiven", if there is a "God", Christianity is now a dead end for you regardless of a stranger's prayer.

TheDudeAmI · 9 months

Nice work good job

7nights · 9 months

usually, I'd just say thanks and leave...

Bellaluna62 · 9 months

Yeah that's my reaction too, and to add insult to injury I live in a place where Christians pretty much run the place.

virtuous_d · 9 months

What movie is that from?

fuzzymechy · 9 months

I just thank them. the sentiment is essentially the seam as the idea that they'll be thinking of me, just with a hint of delusion added in for flavor. unless you're talking about that really shitty thing that Christians sometimes do, when they tell you that they'll pray for you when you tell them that you're an atheist.

NegativePositive · 9 months

The last thing I would ever do, is lie to you!

DaPurpleCobra · 9 months

Is this from the Truman Show? Cause that movie was fucking awesome

FakeLaughter · 9 months

You're really completely flabbergasted about what they're talking about? Are you not familiar with the concept of praying, or is this the first time you've heard of it?

Parcanman · 9 months

Mark 3:28-30: “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they utter. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin. He said this because they [the Pharisees] were saying, ‘He has an evil spirit’.”

Basically what that means is that if you deny the existence of the Holy Ghost, you're guilty of blaspemy and thus cannot be accepted into Heaven. So by simply saying that I'm an Atheist I am denying the Holy Ghost and thus you can pray for me all you want, your own book says I've committed an unforgivable sin which means you're wasting your time.

McNinjaguy · 9 months

I live in Canada and this has only happened to me once and in my own house too. Luckily the bitch was a friend of a friend of my mom's so I told her to "go ahead and pray its not like it matters. You can have fun wasting your time". Bitch was not pleased.


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