Faith & Spirituality

Have you ever had someone of a different religion pray for you or offer to pray for you? Did you accept the offer or turn it down and if you turned it down, how did you do it?

***"Have you ever had someone of a different religion pray for you or offer to pray for you? Did you accept the offer or turn it down and if you turned it down, how did you do it?"***

Sure. And I really don't mind prayers being offered for me for illness or some other challenge in my life. Not at all. In fact, I appreciate it. :) I just usually say a simple "thank you." However, I do *not* appreciate being told "I'll pray for you that you 'see the light,'" IOW, pray for my conversion from my own beliefs, to theirs. I find that rude, and disrespectful. And I will speak up when I am targeted in such a way, in as diplomatic a way as possible, to educate the person.

Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(




"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.

- Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator




Mika Dog

"All things share the same breath;
the beast, the tree, the man.
The Air shares its spirit with
all the life it supports."
--Chief Seattle

"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
~Will Rogers

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~~Mahatma Gandhi




As Above, So Below.

"However, I do *not* appreciate being told "I'll pray for you that you 'see the light,'" IOW, pray for my conversion from my own beliefs, to theirs. "

Does this happen a lot to you? I've personally encountered this a couple of times and I can't tell you how utterly offended I was. To add insult to injury-I had actually considered myself already to be in agreement with the people! Apparently they had other opinions.

***"Does this happen a lot to you?"***

Not any more. I know how to protect myself, and work to keep such people out of my life on a regular basis. Being Pagan and Wiccan, such things come up now & again, belonging to a small minority religion, about which there is incredible ignorance and misinformation being spewed. I run into more of this kind of arrogance online nowadays, though.

Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(




"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.

- Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator



As Above, So Below.





Mika Dog

"All things share the same breath;
the beast, the tree, the man.
The Air shares its spirit with
all the life it supports."
--Chief Seattle

"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
~Will Rogers

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~~Mahatma Gandhi

"I run into more of this kind of arrogance online nowadays, though."

Do you think that's because people are more apt to make comments to you since they aren't face to face?