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(7,518 posts)I'd rather you spit on me!
niyad
(113,952 posts)FakeNoose
(32,912 posts)niyad
(113,952 posts)Tikki
(14,563 posts)God Bless You or Have a Blessed Day.
Reply: and May the Force Be With You.
Works for me.
Tikki
TomSlick
(11,138 posts)is Insha'Allah.
niyad
(113,952 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,987 posts)But I don't take offense when people offer to pray for me (which doesn't happen often). It's their way of offering good wishes, and I'll take those however I can get them.
FakeNoose
(32,912 posts)...it's really (in nice words) somebody saying that they pity you.
Rather than be insulted, I don't snap back at the person. I just smile and say "Thanks."
Truly when a friend or acquaintance is dealing with a serious problem, sometimes you know don't what to say. It depends on the individual's sincerity and how well you know them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,987 posts)I see it mostly as just good wishes for someone who's sick or otherwise struggling. I don't mind it; it's just not my thing.
UTUSN
(70,789 posts)niyad
(113,952 posts)I literally LOL'ed when I first read that answer, and I chuckled again when I dug it up for you!
niyad
(113,952 posts)orleans
(34,098 posts)ah... the "obsolete" version of du. good times.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)The said they'd be partying in Heaven
while I burn in Hell.
Mariana
(14,863 posts)it's pretty common, though, for Christians to experience genuine pleasure when they imagine other people being tortured for eternity.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)She told me God hates gays so if you're a Christian you have to hate them too.
The things she said were going to happen to me were so detailed that I knew she was hoping it would really happen.
We haven't spoken in 20 years.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)because I have the same sister.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Much later I was telling a co-worker about it and she said something like, "Thank's to Jesus". I responded, "No. Thanks to my Supervisor because she took me."
You'd think that if Jesus was telling everyone to help me that more people would hear him. But what do I know...
orleans
(34,098 posts)i think "why don't you do something that could actually help?"
i guess if someone is sick there isn't much to do except bring them chicken soup, more kleenex, walk their dog, make their dinner or dinner for their kids--things like that.
the praying always sounds like a cop-out to me. (i really can't be bothered to actually help so i'll pretend i'm helping and coat it in that sugary goodness that makes me come off like i'm holier than thou.) ugh.
Kali
(55,032 posts)I usually chuckle and say OK, I will take whatever I can get. it does amaze me the presumptions of so many believers that you are one of them.
niyad
(113,952 posts)Siwsan
(26,333 posts)because they DIDN'T WANT THE CHAIN TO BREAK!!!!!
Oops.
Leith
(7,814 posts)I just give them a blank or puzzled look (depending on my mood and who said it) and say "uhh.. thanks."
They probably don't know what else to say and they don't realize how that sounds to an atheist.
I resist saying "I'll think for you."