Venting "I'll pray for you"

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

No, I don't need your prayers.

To cut a long story short, my dad is a manipulative narcissist who indoctrinated me when I was little. If he were your run-of-the-mill person I would've taken it as a gesture of goodwill, but he isn't. He has the tenacity of a door-knocking Jehovah's Witness who doesn't take "I don't need your Jesus" for an answer. Except he's not a Christian.

For someone so highly qualified, it's honestly perplexing how he'd so easily fall for snake oil salesmen and con artists masquerading as spirit mediums. I wish he'd stop harassing my mom and blaming her whenever something goes wrong. Recently he discarded her broken flip-flops (she was going to try to repair them) WITHOUT HER PERMISSION for fear of bad luck. As for me, I'm no more than a 'sick person' in his eyes. Him 'praying for us' is like a slap in the face. Instead of turning to prayer as the ONE AND ONLY SOLUTION, do some soul-searching for once. Your imaginary friend won't thaw the cold shoulder and get us to welcome you with open arms. Look, you're free to believe what you want to, but if you don't learn to respect other people's boundaries, then you've got a problem.

Anyone else triggered when you hear "I'll pray for you"?

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Annoying for you I can imagine. Sounds a bit weird throwing away shoes for luck… I love Jehovah's witnesses though, I am terrified to talk to strangers usually and accidentally open the door thinking it is the post man but it was two of them and they spoke really nicely to me for ten minutes I think they are kind people not trying to be mean to people.

 

[WornOutLife]

According to my mum, I'm still alive because she prayed for me to Jesus!!! Damn bastard! Why didnt't he allow me to RIP?

 

[motel rooms]

Anyone else triggered when you hear "I'll pray for you"?

Love me some "thoughts & prayers"!

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Some of them have maxxed out on charisma and are unimaginably based though.

 

[motel rooms]

According to my mum, I'm still alive because she prayed for me to Jesus!!! Damn bastard! Why didnt't he allow me to RIP?

Sorry if this joke is in poor taste, but Jesus probably has a special relationship with your mother because he also had schizophrenia when he was on this planet - he'll never let you ctb...

 

[WornOutLife]

Sorry if this joke is in poor taste, but Jesus probably has a special relationship with your mother because he also had schizophrenia when he was on this planet - he'll never let you ctb...

Hahah NP at all! You made me laugh so much that I almost die while sipping some argentina "mate" (a kinda tea lol)

 

[StringPuppet]

Annoying for you I can imagine. Sounds a bit weird throwing away shoes for luck… I love Jehovah's witnesses though, I am terrified to talk to strangers usually and accidentally open the door thinking it is the post man but it was two of them and they spoke really nicely to me for ten minutes I think they are kind people not trying to be mean to people.

I'm terrified of talking to strangers too but that's exactly why i'm not particularly fond of Jehovah's Witnesses

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

I'm terrified of talking to strangers too but that's exactly why i'm not particularly fond of Jehovah's Witnesses

You should try it .. it was weird the way they talk like when you are a child getting a story read to you before you sleep that is how it felt.

 

[motel rooms]

Annoying for you I can imagine. Sounds a bit weird throwing away shoes for luck… I love Jehovah's witnesses though, I am terrified to talk to strangers usually

Are they the ones who wear special underwear that provides protection against evil, or the ones who say that only 144,000 people will go to heaven?

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Are they the ones who wear special underwear that provides protection against evil, or the ones who say that only 144,000 people will go to heaven?

I don't know they didn't get that far . Maybe it's mormons that sleep with the weird underwear, I'm not so knowledgable on it.

 

[motel rooms]

I don't know they didn't get that far . Maybe it's mormons that sleep with the weird underwear, I'm not so knowledgable on it.

Freaks, all of them! Why can't everyone just believe in normal stuff like me, a good gay Catholic boy? You know, things like crackers that turn into the actual body of Jesus (yummy abs & all the rest) & wine that actually turns into his blood & then you take a sip of it & think, "This blood is delicious, it's not creepy at all to drink Christ's bodily fluids"

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Freaks, all of them! Why can't everyone just believe in normal stuff like me, a good gay Catholic boy? You know, things like crackers that turn into the actual body of Jesus (yummy abs & all the rest) & wine that actually turns into his blood & then you take a sip of it & think, "This blood is delicious, it's not creepy at all to drink Christ's bodily fluids"

Yea yea yea I'm a bad catholic too

 

[motel rooms]

Yea yea yea I'm a bad catholic too

Wanna get together & snack on Jesus?

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Wanna get together & snack on Jesus?

Sure sounds very fun. I will be punished for saying this I bet.

 

[motel rooms]

Sure sounds very fun. I will be punished for saying this I bet.

Don't worry, I'm definitely not into punishing no girls. I wouldn't mind spanking Jesus though

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Don't worry, I'm definitely not into punishing no girls. I wouldn't mind spanking Jesus though

I bet you would

 

[motel rooms]

Some of them have maxxed out on charisma and are unimaginably based though.

Yasss, bitch! Preach it like it is, get me all worked up! Preach it till I explode all over your ass!

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Some of them have maxxed out on charisma and are unimaginably based though.

Dude's fire AF! Who knows? Maybe Anderson will give a sermon about how 9/11 is an inside job Televangelists like him inspired this guitarist to create a new heavy metal genre.

I EXECUTE JUDGEMENT ON YOU, COVID-19!!

 

[Pen>Sword]

I can relate, but not to that extreme. For context, I pray a lot--way more than my siblings. Every time my mom say "Just pray for it", it annoys the hell out of me. It's like "Oh, why I haven't thought of that" moment. It would be better if she didn't say anything at all since it wasn't helpful. I'd prefer hugs or kisses, just nothing that involves praying.

 

[motel rooms]

Hahah NP at all! You made me laugh so much that I almost died while sipping some argentina "mate"

But Jesus saved you again. You'll never win...

 

[deflationary]

Some of them have maxxed out on charisma and are unimaginably based though.

Man, do people really find this charismatic? That's just sad. Fast-talking blowhard is about the least charismatic type of person that exists imo.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Man, do people really find this charismatic? That's just sad. Fast-talking blowhard is about the least charismatic type of person that exists imo.

Depends on the definition of charisma I guess. The guy is good at grabbing and holding someone's attention, imo.

 

[deflationary]

Depends on the definition of charisma I guess. The guy is good at grabbing and holding someone's attention, imo.

Maybe, but more in a "man, what a trainwreck" kind of way than in a "man, I'd like to get to know him" kind of way. Seems weird to call that charisma. :)

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Maybe, but more in a "man, what a trainwreck" kind of way than in a "man, I'd like to get to know him" kind of way. Seems weird to call that charisma. :)

I'm very tolerant of extreme points of view so I don't have that sort of judgements/reactions at people for the most part.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

My mom's church group has been praying for me and the rest of my family practically since I was born. I personally think they're wasting their time because God likes playing sick tricks on me anyway. They apparently prayed really hard to help me find the love of my life in 2020 and I technically did but even she turned out to just want to justifiably leave me behind even though we were so compatible and genuinely attracted to each other.

 

[motel rooms]

Depends on the definition of charisma I guess. The guy is good at grabbing and holding someone's attention, imo.

 

[WornOutLife]

But Jesus saved you again. You'll never win...

For Pete's sake!!
I wanted to die last night while drinking and guess what? My mom sent Jesus to my apartment and he threw away my blue wine bottle! :(

 

[motel rooms]

For Pete's sake!!
I wanted to die last night while drinking and guess what? My mom sent Jesus to my apartment and he threw away my blue wine bottle! :(

That son of a virgin!