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  1. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    I would question your participation on a forum full of Christians if your trauma is deep. It doesn't seem helpful for one's mental state. I understand that some horrible things have happened to you and I hope you can recover from those things. To put that on others is unfair though, to say...
  2. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    There are many cases where practical help may not be in one's hands, or prayer is offered alongside practical help. Disasters happening in foreign countries are beyond the resources of most people, so prayer is seen as a way to ask someone who does have the power to help.
  3. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    Not really. You don't seem to have been to an Anglican church in a long time. For goodness sake, how hard is this. Theists who pray believe prayer works. We believe God hears us and acts. It's not about feeling better for having done something in that sense, although yes it feels good to do...
  4. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    I think though, with respect, you need to put those behind you and understand that most modern Christians are not like that. I go to both Catholic and Anglican churches and have not come across this attitude. I don't know what kind of Christians you were with but they are not representative.
  5. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    They believe it works. Why else would they bother?
  6. Rival

    Is Christmas Pagan?

    I think this spiel is going to be on your gravestone lol. The writing will become smaller and more cramped towards the bottom.
  7. Rival

    Why is someone praying for someone else offensive

    I think some people are misunderstanding people saying they'll pray for them as some kind of backhanded offence. It is really not meant that way. One wonders if the recipient's ideology is projecting onto the person offering the prayer.
  8. Rival

    Happy Birthday Trailblazer!!

    Have a good one!
  9. Rival

    New Frubal?

    I don't, but is it really that much of a bother, though...?
  10. Rival

    Praying about someone

    I don't care. I don't expect people to tell or ask me, they just do it. I pray for 'all my friends' basically everyday, and that includes people on here.
  11. Rival

    New Frubal?

    Here in the UK I've never really seen people be bothered by this.
  12. Rival

    New Frubal?

    It was your thread. I just wanted to be able to give it a :praying: rating, then realised we didn't have one, so brought it up to Staff. So we put it to the membership and then everything just kind of exploded. :shrug:
  13. Rival

    New Frubal?

    Err, what? We're not some clandestine organisation. We were pretty clear that 'prayer' is involved and the forum is called 'religious forums'. It's not difficult to work out what that might mean. If someone had asked us we'd have said it looks like this :praying:, which is exactly what...
  14. Rival

    New Frubal?

    Most of us here aren't even on Facebook. I have never had an account there. But the OP clearly says 'prayer'. I mean, what on earth did you think that would look like?
  15. Rival

    New Frubal?

    I'm concerned about people's psychological welfare if they are offended by internet ratings.
  16. Rival

    New Frubal?

    I'm not sure what is abstract about a prayer rating. There are just a bunch of people on here determined to make an issue of something so minor that it has even left Staff baffled. The response has been incredibly negative to something we hadn't even considered would arouse such a fuss. Having a...
  17. Rival

    The UK...For Our US Members

    My biggest peeve is when people conflate Europe and the European Union.
  18. Rival

    The UK...For Our US Members

    It was on all the tins back in the day... :D
  19. Rival

    The UK...For Our US Members

    Britain.
  20. Rival

    New Frubal?

    Think I need a week off to deal with all this anti-theism. Seriously.
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