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In reply to the discussion: I hate when people pray over their food aloud in public [View all]Fearless
(18,421 posts)I must say I had a very big eye roll moment when people start quoting a book's verses as evidence of whether or not one should pray in public. And I say I book because the OP states they are an agnostic and clearly then do not see the Bible as a anything but a human creation. Thus, it's an absurd suggestion that one can use religious texts as evidence to prove the acceptability of public prayer to an agnostic.
Personally, as an atheist, I think the whole thing is silly. If someone wants to chant loudly or quietly in public it's not going to bother me one bit. If someone needs to believe in an invisible man in the sky to be a moral and good person, so be it. The world will be a better place, with fewer assholes, despite the fact that you might as well be praying to the tooth fairy. There are hundreds of millions of prayers of starving people in the world today. None or marginally few actually attain the quality of life they deserve. Why should their prayers go unanswered? Either God is a mercilessly indifferent asshole, doesn't exist, or has some "divine plan" that we could never understand that makes it acceptable for the hungry to get sick and die without recourse. I mean, it's pretty obvious the answer.