Whenever certain Christians address atheists, it always seems to be accompanied by "I'll pray for you." We hate that. Obviously you know we don't believe in your God. The prayer in and of itself means nothing, and the fact that you throw that back just shows complete disrespect for us as people. Imagine a satanist saying they would pray for you, maybe even sacrifice a small animal. You prolly wouldn't take it seriously but it could still be extremely irritating.
Consider if we go by your standards for a moment. Assume the existence of the Christian God. All of us are sinners inately, correct? We must seek salvation from God to reverse this. So if you continue to pray for us and all this does is further alienate us, (which it does) does this mean you're actually contributing to our damnation instead? If people have free will (I forget if that is assumed) God can't do anything about it and the only effect is negative.
If God doesn't exist, all is moot.
Why do people keep it up?
2006-07-30
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