I'll take Useless Activities for 500, Alex...

I know, I know, I'd better stop posting so much or  you'll all get used to me updating frequently, heh. Well my Metallians, I just had to say something about this, because it irritates me to no end when people do this.

So I see this as a Facebook status update tonight:

"LET'S KEEP THIS GOING ......HEAVENLY FATHER, WALK THROUGH MY HOUSE AND TAKE AWAY ALL MY WORRIES AND ANY ILLNESSES, AND PLEASE WATCH OVER AND HEAL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS... BRING QUIET WHERE THERE IS CHAOS, BRING LIGHT WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, AND PUT LOVE IN OUR HEARTS .... IN JESUS NAME.... AMEN .... THIS PRAYER IS SO POWERFUL ....STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND RE-POST!"

To understand just what my issue is with this, one must first understand what prayer is. Prayer is a theist's way of asking their tribal sky-god to do something for them just for asking nicely. I have a nice little flowchart that explains it pretty succinctly:

This pretty much sums it up. The arrogance necessary to believe that God would change something in his Master Plan (yes, I'm not trying to be subtle on that one) just for little old you because you asked nicely and are a good little sheep is just mind-boggling. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake, to coin a phrase.


The thing that irritates me the most about people who say shit to me like "I'll pray for you and your family" is the automatic assumption that I want you to pray for me. Frankly, it's insulting. I work hard and take action to change things in my life, instead of just whispering demands to a non-existent creator thing and thinking that will make shit better. Instead of wasting your fucking time beaming messages to some imaginary friend and hoping shit changes, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 


Prayer doesn't heal illness: medicine does. Prayer doesn't build houses: people with tools and construction materials do. Prayer doesn't feed starving people: FOOD DOES. I'm reminded of another great image I found while cruising the interwebs: 

Seriously people, you're not helping. It's as simple as that. To think that all your problems can be whisked away just because you pray for it is so asinine as to be completely laughable. I really don't think they realize just how ridiculous all this shit sounds, and then they get angry because we laugh about it. If you don't want us to laugh at your beliefs, then maybe they shouldn't be so ridiculously ludicrous. I leave you with a few more great images that definitely belong here. Enjoy!

Death is only the beginning...