I think the difference is that you are acknowledging that your prayers are meant to assuage your own heartbreak and not actually provide tangible relief to victims. Often, the GOP (and many Dems) act as though their prayers are giving victims some resources or resolution to their problem or anguish. We all know that’s not true.
Prayer is not a policy or a law. Asking a lawmaker to engage in more lawmaking and less prayer isn’t a bad thing.
However, your point about those on the left being overly dismissive of religion is well stated. There are ways to articulate that I just said that don’t simply start and end with “I’m tired of hearing about prayer,” which is often the vibe some on the left give off.
That’s it exactly, Ryan. I will spare you other thoughts as I am as ambivalent a Christian as I am a leftist, but yes, the Right is hypocritical, the Left is dismissive, and most of us are in between. Thanks for your comment.
I think the difference is that you are acknowledging that your prayers are meant to assuage your own heartbreak and not actually provide tangible relief to victims. Often, the GOP (and many Dems) act as though their prayers are giving victims some resources or resolution to their problem or anguish. We all know that’s not true.
Prayer is not a policy or a law. Asking a lawmaker to engage in more lawmaking and less prayer isn’t a bad thing.
However, your point about those on the left being overly dismissive of religion is well stated. There are ways to articulate that I just said that don’t simply start and end with “I’m tired of hearing about prayer,” which is often the vibe some on the left give off.
That’s it exactly, Ryan. I will spare you other thoughts as I am as ambivalent a Christian as I am a leftist, but yes, the Right is hypocritical, the Left is dismissive, and most of us are in between. Thanks for your comment.