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⌈ Secret Post #2241 ⌋

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Comments

Re: "It offends me when people say they'll pray for me" (redux)

[saku]

i understand how and why you would find it offensive. i did once too. it may help to see why they say/do that, though. the religious pray for people they care about; it's one of the most sincere forms of respect (in their eyes) and love they can show a person. though you're not religious, they are praying for you because they are, and it matters to them to pray for people even if those people don't share their faith. to them their faith is a reality and they wouldn't exclude people they care about from their prayers simply because they don't share in that faith, if that makes sense? if they think their god is real then, if they're praying for you, they're wanting him/her/whatever to regard you no matter what.

is it the act/concept of praying for you that is offensive, or the fact that people announce it? if it's the latter, maybe if you bring that up with them politely they will understand that you're not asking them to stop, you're just asking them to keep it to themselves, which would go over a lot better than telling them to just not pray for you at all. especially if you've been deeply hurt by the church or what have you, and you explain that, many of them will (hopefully?) be receptive.

in my experience, the vocal religious folks in my life (christians, for what it's worth) are actually very careful not to offend or upset others, even if they do kinda proselytise at times. to be fair though the christians i know are all very active in religious organisations on campus and/or are preachers, lmao. and i've never told them i'm offended by their prayers or whatever - since i'm not - but i do know they are very receptive about those kinds of things. people who respect you will understand if you ask them not to be vocal about their prayers for you.