2007-03-26 07:38:59 · 27 answers · asked by Kerilyn 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People NEED more prayer in there lives.
Whether they know it or not....
2007-03-26 07:40:17 · update #1
I would be so happy that a person was kind enough to realise that I may be in need of help and a kind word to the Father will always make me smile, so thank you for your prayers and I encourage everyone to pray more for others because its the best gift you could probably give them. Take care Heather
2007-03-26 07:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not as much the prayer that I would object to. If someone is praying for me, unsolicited, because they truly care about me, then I'm not offended at all. What is offensive is when people give you the condescending "I'll pray for you..." as if they're somehow better than you. It is especially offensive when you don't have the same beliefs as they do. If someone truly cares about you, then they wouldn't need to TELL you that they're going to pray for you, they would just DO it out of the goodness of their hearts and a sincere belief that it might be helpful. It's the boastful insincerity that is offensive, not the prayer.
2007-03-26 07:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't object to people who pray for me, it's more that I think that there's probably something more constructive that they could be doing with that time. I don't believe in god, ergo I believe that prayer is a waste of time, and that you're just talking to yourself. I don't mind that people choose to waste their time praying for whatever they pray for, but I can't help but feel bad when they waste that time on my behalf even if I didn't ask them to (not that I ever would ask someone to do that anyway).
If you really want to do something that I'll appreciate, take that time that you would have spent praying for me, and instead spend it with a loved one, or volunteer for a charity, or do practically anything else that would help or benefit someone in a real and tangible way. That, I could feel good about. I firmly believe that hands that help accomplish infinitely more than lips that pray.
2007-03-26 08:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by eviltruitt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 17:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is disrespectful more often than not.
Is your faith so weak you cannot consider other people's faith strong, so you assume that since your prayers are meaningless everyone treats them as such?
I have a friend, a good friend, who is a Satanist. Would you accept prayers for you on her behalf? If you would not, you KNOW the answer to your question!
The Abrahamic god repells me. I would no more want my name and his in the same sentence than I would want my name said with Charles Manson! A god that would have a hell! A god that would have people convert only on the words of others without evidence! A god that would punish people for living their lives as they were born to! A god that would kill his son to prove he "loved" people?!?!?Such a god! Leave me out of that god's world!
The only way I could accept a prayer from such a god's followers would be if I believed that they didn't believe that themselves.
2007-03-26 07:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because most of the time it isn't unsolicited. Why tell me that your praying for me? do you want a pat on the back?
2007-03-26 07:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by luvv2rock 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it was sincere, I would not object.
Too many insincere people will pray in this manner:
Since I am right and they are wrong, make them a little better.
Just like the laughing with / laughing at distinction, there is a praying for / praying at dichotomy.
2007-03-26 07:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Keri - I pray for all of us often. And yes, if someone has turned away from God and is trying to turn others from him, I pray for them as well. Praying is my way of forgiving and continuing to love even those who would hurt me. Our prayers belong to us, if others are offended, that is okay, I do not care if they are angry at me.
I MIGHT be your science teacher.
CC Cookee
2007-03-26 07:48:41 · answer #8 · answered by CC Cookee 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't object, it's better than condemning me to hell but you have many people in your life more worthy of a prayer than me, a stranger.
2007-03-26 07:41:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would never, ever object to a prayer on my behalf. The Bible tells us to pray one for another.
2007-03-26 07:45:32 · answer #10 · answered by shendley04 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋