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In reply to the discussion: I hate when people pray over their food aloud in public [View all]Javaman
(62,530 posts)I'm a constitutional atheist.
Which means, although I don't believe in a god, I don't discourage others to believe because freedom of religion is guaranteed in the Constitution.
And, personally speaking, when I see people praying in public, I view it as a sort of performance art.
If they are imposing their belief system upon me, then that is different, however, in this case whether or not they believe that openly praying in public is viewed by them as part of their mission to "convert" people that is their opinion. Plenty of people openly pray in public, good for them, if they honestly believe it helps them. It's not for me to say.
Conversely, they might think you odd for not praying openly in public.
If they want to pray, let them pray. Or are you just angry that you will never get back that 15 whole seconds that you lost and had "interrupted" your morning coffee and newspaper reading?
Let me ask you, were they quiet afterward? Since you made no comment in regards to how they yakked on and on about this or that after their praying, I'm going to assume that they were quiet.
But regardless, here is a simple solution that will fix everything for you: Don't pay attention, and voila! problems solved.