Facebook rant: connecting with old friends - great. Being asked to censor my fb posts on MY wall - block me. Praying for me and sensing angels to watch over me while I'm struggling -- give me a fucking break! I don't tell people struggling with cancer they just need more chemo.... why the fuck does anyone think more prayers is gonna help me in this virtual reality?? And i would ignore it if there wasn't such anger from people on posts that offend them. On a related note - or actually this pricks in my mind evedy time someone sends out loving prayers to outer space for me - My mom, in the hospital after car accident, my family & her friends are standing around praying she can go home. Upset that the doctors advise she should stay in the hospital another few days. I get hit and yell out, you're not even praying for the right thing!" No one said I pray she gets well or can walk qithout help again! You only care if she's home. AND you're not even going to go see her when she gets home." She wound up falling off the toilet and bumping her head requiring more medical care. I put it in terms they could undetstand, your god had to push mom off a toilet to get the message into your dumb heads! I am no longer talking to several if those family members. I guess all I'm ranting about is this prayer shit that is given to me ... it's like a regifted used pair of socks. I don't want them and most times I can just discard them without a thought. But sometimes the stench from this unwanted 'gift just gets in my head and i can't stop the stink. Carry on.
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I don't have much to add to that. I didn't actually see family members praying for my mother, but they stood and bowed their heads when the minister did. At least, he prayed that she would recover.
I'll give that preacher credit though, I've seen him at the hospital every time she was admitted, and she's been admitted a lot over the past 4 years. He's even showed up when she had surgery 75 - 100 miles away from him, and he's blind. My siblings only show up about 1/3 of the time.
Personally, while I think the preacher is delusional, he does seem like a decent human being. Most ministers I find obnoxious and superficial.
JimG
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Aug 28, 2018
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You're right; sometimes it's easy to ignore all the pray stuff, other times it just boils your blood! The friend of a friend just found out she has breast cancer. First thing to do? Go to church and pray with your fellow prayer group. Who are you praying to, you morons?? If your God can cure your cancer, than why did he give it to you in the first place? Just to mess with you? A test of your faith? And if it doesn't get cured, then what? Your God felt the need to torture you for a few years before you die?
This line of thinking drives me nuts! I generally just disregard it and keep my mouth shut. But when they are offering to pray for me, it can be almost impossible. And don't bring your damn preacher into the hospital to see me, or all bets are off!
Barnie2years
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