Why do christians always say they will pray for you when you say you don't believe in what they do?
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Because it is part of their religion to try to shove it down your throat.  Who else has missionaries?
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Christians have always labeled people with different ideas and beliefs as pagan, savages, etc. etc.\n\nMany Christians have an honest desire to help people, but most just can't accept that they might be wrong. They think people who don't go along with the Christian movement deserve to burn in hell.
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People believe this because the Christian religion tells them it's true.  Also, it's convenient to have someone take the rap for your mistakes.
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Indeed they are.  They have had 'faith' poured into their skulls for such a long time that they never stop to consider the validity of faith itself.\n\nTry telling a Christian you're an atheist.  More often then not they will plead that you have to have faith in something, regardless of what that something is.  They would rather hear that you became a Satanist than an atheist.  Why?  Because while others may reject what they believe, such a rejection is not an assault on their beliefs.  But to reject faith itself is!  Without faith their world crumbles and they know it.  It's unbearable to many of them to think it is possible to live a faith free life.
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Exactly. In this argument (which is similar to yours), the author does not assign god a gender, therefor god is referred to as "it" instead of "he" or "she".\n\n"Praying Is Against God's Will\nTo pray for something to happen is to say to God that you know better than it! It is to say that you do not agree with the course of events that God has laid out. To pray for something is to go against God's will, to ask God to act at a time when God knows it is not the right time to act. If it is right, God will have already planned to do it. If it is wrong, God won't do it. Your prayer will not change these facts. To pray is to oppose God, to harass it, to make a statement that you think you know better! To pray is insolent, ignorant, misguided, confused but most of all arrogant.\n\nJesus said "Get thee behind me, Satan!" to an apostle who thought he knew better than God's plan (even though the apostle was bemoaning suffering!)... by trying to sway God's mind through prayer, YOU are behaving in the same way as that apostle! No matter how good your intentions are, your own master in chief, Mr Christ, would call you Satanic for it! Think about what it means to pray, hope or wish for things, you might find you're not doing what your God wants you to be doing!"\n\n- Written by Vexen Crabtree
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If a person really had faith, he wouldn't bother praying. Praying indicates a person believes his God is really stupid.
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I completely agree.  On the one hand they say God can't do anything to help people because he gave us free will and it is those who abuse free will that cause all the bad, but then on the other they go and petition God to help them.\n\nWTF?\n\nOh, but then when nothing comes of their prayers, they say "God gives you what you need, not what you want."  "God doesn't work on our timeframe."  Blah, blah, blah.  Seriously!  They have an explanation for everything!
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There are many religious people who simply believe what they're told to believe, they don't analyze it or question it, and if someone tells them that someone who doesn't believe in God is an enemy of God, they know from prior knowledge that the only enemy of God is Satan and so people who are the enemy of God must be worshippers of Satan.\n\nNot to say, at all, that any of this is true or believable, but that's the cultish Christian mind-state.
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You were obviously being sarcastic when you said you would pray for them. Of course,religious people don't appreciate\nthe irony of such statements and you obviously confused a lot of them.\n\n That being said,as an agnostic who tends toward atheism I\ncan appreciate your viewpoint. The only reason I'm not simply an atheist is that there's not any more evidence to support your theory than that of a Christian. As well,I do\nbelieve the world and the universe are far more complex than\nany of us can guess at this time.\n In a world where there IS evidence pointing to the possibility of reincarnation, as well as paranormal experts\nusing scientific methods to investigate reported hauntings,\ncan the existence of God really be ruled out so definately?\nMaybe your inner conscious is just your personal belief system at work. Who can really say for sure what the Reality\nreally is?\n\n Still,I can't bring myself to believe in a Biblical God who\ncreated the universe,is all-powerful yet knows all our names\nas well as where the smallest sparrow has fallen. It does sound like a fairy tale.
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Because they are ignorant and I just think they wanna do whatever they want..some people just want to ignore the facts...I believe god is sooooo real and those who don't will just realize where there gonna go when they get there and wish they would of listened...all we can do is try and get through to people and pray....
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The same reason people who say they believe in god without a doubt obsessively come up with an answer for every question. Because they are mostly trying to convince themselves.
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I was sad to see all the hateful and negative comments you got on this question earlier. Maybe you hit a nerve. Yes, God wants us to pray for unbelievers and believers, anyone who the Spirit puts on our hearts to pray for. It is His will that we do this. If we ask anything according to His will... He also says not to be anxious. The Spirit is the one that convicts of sin, that brings their heart to repentenance. It's not our job, it's His. All we are called to do in bringing someone to the understanding of who Christ is, is to be is who we are and share our testimony of who He is to us.\n\nFaith is the assurance of hope. Only they can keep or strenghten their faith. We can not do this for them. We can share our faith, and what God has said of it. Share the chapters listed below in the book of Hebrews. Thank God for using you in this way. Give Him the praise and the glory, for it is by His grace and mercy alone that He will touch their hearts, just as He touched yours. May God bless and encourage you, as you share His love and your own love for others.
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Many people do not understand prayer; a large majority of people pray selfishly, so, when they preceive their prayer not answered immediately they feel like "god has forsaken me", or that prayer does not work.\n\nPersonally, I beleive in the power and strength of prayer. However, I also understand god may not always give me what I want but always what I need.\n\nAs a person who believes in the power of prayer, I included those who don't in my prayers with a hope that one day they will understand.
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Yes it does.  If you truely do not believe in a higher power, why would you pray?  Sounds like a sarcastic question to me.
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Christians dont worship Jesus, they worship God.
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sheeple dont like it when you dont believe what they tell you\n\nthey say jesus is savior blah blah blood atonement\n\nanything other than that and they accuse you of heretic or blasphemy or foul ten yard penalty or they threaten you with this lake of fire hades nonsense
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A lot of people get touchy when they are trying to show you their truth and you make a valid or logical point that doesn't fall in line with their beliefs. They are too stubborn or too afraid to admit there may be other possibilities because they have been conditioned to believe that you are damned to hell if you question any part of their particular religious doctrine. Therefore, if you don't take their word for it even if they can't show or prove they are right, the only way they can fight you is to shut you up or get rid of you so you would have less chances to influence anyone else to question what they deem to be the ultimate truth.