*sigh* Here come the religion-haters and rabid anti-theists....

I prayed to get greenlit, and it still hasn't happened.

/May the FSM bless you and keep you.

According to Travis Davis, Newsmax Health Publisher

heh.

Does "Oh God! Oh God! Oh my farking God don't stop!" count?

dennysgod: Does "Oh God! Oh God! Oh my farking God don't stop!" count?

No, floor humping does not.

Ron Jeremy prays to be hung like me
//BBC

Weaver95: I'm attending a pagan ritual tomorrow night with a semi-local circle.

Wouldn't a local circle be more convenient?

/last one out hit the lights

I prayed the Packers would win.

Where's your god now?

I pray to Thor. Does that count?

I prefer my gods to be able to kick some ass.

Weaver95: shivashakti: *sigh* Here come the religion-haters and rabid anti-theists....

I wonder if people direct the same level of hatred towards ALL religion or just Christianity? Personally, i'm trying to broaden my horizons a bit. I'm attending a pagan ritual tomorrow night with a semi-local circle.

Unfortunately it's primarily the Abrahamic religions that are a$$hats.



I do really try to remember:

Meaningless without a breakdown of who they were praying to. What percentage prayed to Jesus? Mary (because catholics are not real christians!)? Buddha? Allah? Richard Dawkins? Satan? Beer? Tits? etc.

I'll believe Tebow is religious when they show him thanking God after the opposing team scores.

CaptainBeer: I pray to Thor. Does that count?

I prefer my gods to be able to kick some ass.

Only if you have a medallion of Mjollnir to grasp while praying.

I never get tired of this one ;)

Ah yes, how God deals with prayer, it's been addressed by Mr Deity himself:

Mr Deity and the Voicemail (new window)

Well, I thought about praying to be hung like Ron Jeremy, but I decided I didn't need the reduction surgery :)

//wouldn't mind winning the lottery though.

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CaptainBeer: I pray to Thor. Does that count?

I prefer my gods to be able to kick some ass.

Only if you have a medallion of Mjollnir to grasp while praying.


Medallion? Nubian, please. I have an actual hammer.

Made it in metal shop when I was 13.

i like the headline

Most diehard religious people do pray, but only when other people are watc
hing. When they're alone, they tend not to.

LouDobbsAwaaaay: ITT: People who reject all the world's religions except one favorite religion whining about people who reject all the world's religions.

You must have me confused with someone else...

Well the The Newsmax Health team came up with 47 scientifically proven benefits of prayer.

Jebus H Vishnu, who would've ever thunk it?


I'm still wondering why self important douchebags think that praying will help them win some sporting contest, some bet or make a good profit by cheating others in some business deal.

As if Gord or Jebus or whatever deity floats your boat gives a toss about such things, except in the minds of douchebags that think the universe revolves around themself and their petty desires.


cmunic8r99: Does screaming, "Jesus Christ!" count?

Only if she's getting off at the time. :-)



/May the blessings of his noodliness cause all you pasta to be al dente.

/Ramen.

God-is-a-Taco: heh googled "dating secrets the liberals don't want you to know about" and it brought me back to Fark.

wow. that thread is solid gold.

What do you mean by OR subby?

I pray to win the lottery AND be hung like Ron Jeremy.

Why limit the prayers to one or the other?

Zero success rate.

Pray for something to appear in one hand, shiat in the other...See which one fills up faster.

Weaver95: I wonder if people direct the same level of hatred towards ALL religion or just Christianity? Personally, i'm trying to broaden my horizons a bit. I'm attending a pagan ritual tomorrow night with a semi-local circle.

Around the world the focus by non-believers (and believers in minority faiths in any given region) is on whatever the dominant faith is in their region.In the US Christianity is the dominant religion, so non believers feel negative effects of it much more than they do of other religions. Hence the focus on Christianity in the US.

Yes, because God's biggest concern is checking off your cosmic wish list.

fark you, religious assholes. I hate you all.

The Newsmax Health team wanted to know the truth about prayer. Can modern science actually explain prayer?


It must work because the Newsmax propaganda "debate" disappeared into the gates of Hell.

/Donald Trump = the New Messiah

Growing up, I never understood the whole prayer thing.

I figured, if God is everywhere and so incredibly all-knowing, wouldn't he/she/it know what I wanted without me having to vocalize it? Or even think of it? And if God is so powerful, what does it matter if one out of (at the time) three billion of his then-living subjects went through certain motions to talk to him/her/it? Seemed to me that it would have no more effect than a blade of grass on the railroad tracks.

It just never made sense to me. I questioned things a whole lot more as a kid than my parents were even remotely comfortable with. Still do ;)

SpinStopper: I figured, if God is everywhere and so incredibly all-knowing, wouldn't he/she/it know what I wanted without me having to vocalize it? Or even think of it? And if God is so powerful, what does it matter if one out of (at the time) three billion of his then-living subjects went through certain motions to talk to him/her/it? Seemed to me that it would have no more effect than a blade of grass on the railroad tracks.

The purpose of prayer is not for possessions, or health or wealth...but to become closer with God. I mean, people pray for those things, sure. But it generally doesn't work that way.

CaptainBeer: Mock26
CaptainBeer: I pray to Thor. Does that count?

I prefer my gods to be able to kick some ass.

Only if you have a medallion of Mjollnir to grasp while praying.


Medallion? Nubian, please. I have an actual hammer.

Made it in metal shop when I was 13.

My medallion is an exact copy of a relic found in Sweden that dates to around 900 AD. It is very nice. But an actual hammer would be nice, too.

:-D