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4. Agreed...
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 04:34 AM
Apr 2012

I know a lot of times, from specific Christian e-mail lists and forums, that someone would ask the rest of the group for prayers, and would receive messages of support. I think the problem comes, mostly, from when the message is delivered to someone who is both antagonistic to religion and (obviously) hasn't asked for prayers -- it gives the sense that "I'm going to show you that my world-view is truer than yours by having the God you sinfully don't believe in (and who, therefore wouldn't listen to you, only to someone like me) fix your problems, thereby forcing you to adopt my beliefs." For example, my teenage daughter is currently very anti-religion, so I wouldn't dream of telling her I'd pray for her when she has any problems (even though, of course, I do...every day).

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