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I have noticed more and more on news sites that allow comments to articles, anytime someone offers prayers to something bad happening , like right now the California fires there are a certain amount of commenters who get hostile and call the other commenter foolish and and say *********your prayers and your fake "sky god" and on and on.
So what's up with that hostility? Someone in good heart just wants to offer prayer on behalf that things get better and they get pounded in hostility for it?
If you don't believe fine, but is there a need to get in someone's "face" and tell them how they are stupid and so on? Seems like those that do so have a chip on their shoulder.
Its pretty dumb to criticize people for posting that they’re praying. Showing that they feel supportive.
But be careful not to fall into this catagory: https://youtu.be/UXrB7Y6gVN8
So what's up with that hostility? Someone in good heart just wants to offer prayer on behalf that things get better and they pounded in hostility for it?
It's because wishful thinking is simply a lazy thing for people to claim they have done without taking action to actually help others. You mentioned the wildfires, that's a good example. Wishful thinking won't do anything, but encouraging people to help those by donating money to help them does. This is why people are upset when others say things like "I will pray for you". That's just wishful thinking. If you really care, you would encourage others where to donate money for the cause, because leading them to pray does nothing. If someone is sick, we don't want you to pray for them, we want you to take action and get them the best medical help possible, offering to take them to the doctor. Just saying you will pray is lazy and that's what makes people upset.
People get upset because it's now such a knee-jerk response that it's completely empty and without meaning. Sending thoughts and prayers. Whoop de doo. If you were genuinely concerned you'd either do something, or ask some more questions to see how you could actually help beyond an empty request to a sky friend.
I have noticed more and more on news sites that allow comments to articles, anytime someone offers prayers to something bad happening , like right now the California fires there are a certain amount of commenters who get hostile and call the other commenter foolish and and say *********your prayers and your fake "sky god" and on and on.
So what's up with that hostility? Someone in good heart just wants to offer prayer on behalf that things get better and they get pounded in hostility for it?
If you don't believe fine, but is there a need to get in someone's "face" and tell them how they are stupid and so on? Seems like those that do so have a chip on their shoulder.
Comments on news stories are almost always stupid.
Having said that, some people have come to be irritated that the knee jerk response to any tragedy or difficulty is "Prayers." It's seen as a do-nothing platitude whose only purpose is to make the poster feel better about the situation.
"1,000 houses have been destroyed in the biggest fire in the history of California."
"Prayers."
Pray or don't pray, but posting "prayers" is useless and can be quite annoying depending on the context.
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