Comments on: Tract #31: What Do I Do When People Pray?

By: Courtr

Courtr — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:37:12 +0000

*sowing

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:16:17 +0000

I bow my head and fold my arms (as is traditional in the LDS faith I was born into) I don’t usually close my eyes and I usually don’t pay any attention to the words and I never say “Amen.” There is no reason to be rude or inconsiderate. I prefer to give the same respect I expect to be shown in return. If a dying relative needed prayer to feel better I would gladly bow my head for them, but I would not say the pray myself.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:03:46 +0000

“But there might be rare occasions — such as when the request comes from an ill grandparent who would gain more in comfort than you would lose in philosophical points — when you make an exception.”

Why be deceptive? As a Christian, I wouldn’t make “exceptions” for who I am a Christian around. Just pointing out the contradiction…

By: Jena

Jena — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:42:11 +0000

Normally the comprimise I’ve found with prayer is that I will bow my head but not close my eyes. I want to be respectful and not cause any sort of scene or comments, but at the same time I don’t want to seem like I’m faking it. The problem I’ve had has really come with events. My family doesn’t know I’m an atheist since they quit going to church a long time ago, and religion is never brought up. So at things like funerals, where there are songs and prayer, I do a strange participation of singing the songs, but omitting words like God, Jesus, or Lord. I’m not sure why, but it makes sense as a compromise in my head. What sucked though, was when I had to attend my graduation bachaloreat service. That was the closest I’ve come to announcing why I would have no interest in going, but I doubt it would have done any good.

By: Joakim Rosqvist

Joakim Rosqvist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:22:31 +0000

I’m so glad to live in Sweden were issues like these never come up. (you might hear someone say the equivalent of “oh my god!” when surprised, but that has about as much religious meaning as “bless you” when someone sneezes)