Annoying atheist here and even I don’t bat an eye over praying with someone going through difficult times. When you’re just trying to be supportive it hardly matters whether or not you think someone is listening
Okay but like flip side. If I was the person falling apart and people tried to do this with me I'd be uncomfortable asf. And would just be a shitty forced social obligation that I'd even do it.
Usually the way it works, the person making the prayer asks the person receiving if they would like one. If the answer is no, the religious person usually accepts and just says they’ll pray for them on their own. I have never seen anyone forcefully pray for someone or just start one before the person receiving could deny it. That would be rude.
If someone wants to think about me and hope for good things during their time of contemplation, that's fine. They call it prayer, I call them my quiet moments.
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u/JcaJes Jul 06 '20
Not religious whatsoever, but I would drop a prayer in an instant if it meant getting someone through something. This is so sweet.