have a sneaky pray?
along the lines of "please God let me pass my driving test" or "please God make it snow really bad tomorow so I don't have to go to work"
you know, just in case.
2006-11-18 01:09:22 · 25 answers · asked by Rhapsody 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'm an Atheist ... and thank God for that!
2006-11-18 01:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Oooh what a question!!!!! Now your talkin kiddo. Isn't it funny in life generally, when the chips are really down or when someone faces a real life threatener they almost immediately call upon The Saviour, The Creator, The Mighty One, He who is Love, to help them. How sad is it that it is usually too late. Hey, I know a great Christian joke about that.........
A man is stranded on a rooftop with floodwaters closing in all around his house as a nearby river burst it's banks. Could be the Mississippi.
He prays....... Lord, please help me.
He waits.........
A helicopter comes by and offers him help. He declines, waiting for something from God.
A boat comes by and calls to him. Again, he declines, waiting for something from above.
After a further while, a fellow victim of the flood comes by on a raft, a home made one. It floats o.k. but again he declines.
He drowns.
In heaven the man says to God... Lord, why didn't you help me?
The Lord replies... Whatever do you mean, my child, I sent you a helicopter, a boat and even a man on a raft!
2006-11-18 09:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
LOL.
Sure, why not? We were mostly raised to do that kind of thing, and old habits die hard.
But it's not "just in case" - it's just a habit.
I'd suggest to Christians that they not feel so threatened by the fact that some of us genuinely don't believe. You really don't have to convince yourself that deep down inside we still agree with you. We don't - there is no god - but that shouldn't be a problem for people of real faith.
2006-11-18 09:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like a vegetarian has a sneaky bacon sandwich or a muslim has the occasional drink.
Actually no I do not. I believe in no deity and that praying is just a self-motivation device that has very useful placebo effects.
I would rather eat a s--- sandwich.
2006-11-18 09:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No.
I used to pray, with fervour and tears, until I finally became convinced I was talking to an indifferent universe.
I can't help anyone else by praying, either,
so I have to find other ways to do that.
2006-11-18 09:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The moment that happens then the atheist part goes out the window!
2006-11-18 09:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, especially on the horses that I have put bets on
just in case there is a god out there.
2006-11-18 09:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by CAPTAIN BEAR 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I pray to thank god that I am an atheist
2006-11-18 09:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I never do any of that. I simply keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.
2006-11-18 12:33:56 · answer #9 · answered by Helios100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes sometimes but its just a term of frase similar to calling someone a ****** when in fact you know they are not homosexual.
2006-11-18 09:33:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jerzy B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋