I am curious to know if you would be offended, if at church on Sunday your Pastor got up and said a prayer for Church Mice?
I mean he prayed that the mice be strengthened and given the ability to carry out their mousey duties and to eventually render the Church unusable, so that the Parisheners would finally have to pony up the dough to pay for a new Church.
ok I am kidding here is the original post but hey if you are just now reading this thread there have been many twists and turns and I no longer say a prayer over the deceased and yes largely due to many of the points made in this thread. Also NO i would not be offended if anyone of any belief Satanist, TO Catholic said prayers or whipered chants or whatever in my ear that said it was and is an interesting thread but please read about 5-10 of the current posts prior to posting
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I am curious to know if you would be offended, after death if someone were to say a prayer over you.
I would really like to hear from as many Agnostic or Atheist as possible.
I recently began saying a prayer over anyone that dies in my presence. Many times I do not know if the person had a religious preference or not. I am curious to know if people would be offended if they knew someone was going to pray over them when they die.
here is the prayer
Dear Lord not our will but yours. Into thine hands we commend the spirit of this peaceful child of God. Prepare a place for him/her Now in Your Heavenly Kingdom![/Quote]
Here it is I have re-written and renamed that which I will recite over anyone that expires in my presence. It is not a prayer, I am calling it a "parting wish"
I offer this parting wish, In accordance with the bleifs of this soul, I humbly ask that they find that which they seek, I ask that the family and loved ones find solace in their time of loss and grief.
Your "parting wish" CCUNRS is fairly secular and a lot more appropriate in a multicultural society. I think that you should take out the sentence "I humbly ask..." Who are you asking? Your God I suspect and if you are honest, you will agree.
Your "parting wish" CCUNRS is fairly secular and a lot more appropriate in a multicultural society. I think that you should take out the sentence "I humbly ask..." Who are you asking? Your God I suspect and if you are honest, you will agree.
I wonder why you feel the need to do this though
That is an interesting thought. "I humbly ask" . . . who?
Your "parting wish" CCUNRS is fairly secular and a lot more appropriate in a multicultural society. I think that you should take out the sentence "I humbly ask..." Who are you asking? Your God I suspect and if you are honest, you will agree.
I wonder why you feel the need to do this though
Holy Cow!!!!
CCU NRS-- I think we are getting a little carried away with the political correctness? "You can please some of the people some of the time. But you will never please all of the people all of the time."
I think you should bag your new player... revert back to the old one... And if you happen to offend some one.... well, that is their problem.
Your "parting wish" CCUNRS is fairly secular and a lot more appropriate in a multicultural society. I think that you should take out the sentence "I humbly ask..." Who are you asking? Your God I suspect and if you are honest, you will agree.
I wonder why you feel the need to do this though
Well I will be honset and NO I am not asking God, I am asking the Universe, but it is and will always continue to be based on my beleif system regarding the continuation that the soul does survive earthly confines.
I've never heard of prayer hurting anyone!!!!!!!111
Ah, a voice of reason.
As an atheist, I believe that when you are dead, you are dead. Oblivion. Nothingness. Nul and void. Negated. So, I wouldn't know if you were praying for me, and wouldn't be able to care if you did.
However, would you pray over someone who is not dead and has not requested you to pray? I hope not, In which case, just because they are dead, does not mean you can apply a different set of standards. I find this very disrespectful.
Unless you have the patients specific request to pray after they are dead, you should not do so. Many people would be highly offended.
If you're dead, and you're atheist, you won't know anyway, right? At least in your mind. So there's no harm in what WE do. If there's no harm in what we do after you've died, then there's no harm beforehand either. Simple logic. You might get pissed off, but hey, you'll probably get over it - we certainly will (you know, turn the other cheek and all).:kiss Wouldn't some little part of you rather err on the side that their is a higher power, just in case? C'mon, you can tell us. We won't tell your atheist friends.
Im a christian working in Muslim World, We never say prayers to patient but i was amaze to hear when a muslim escort asked me 'did you pray for my son before his last breath? I felt sad why i didn't do it silently.
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very funny.... and remember when you least expect it