What's an annoying habit of other redditors? Guilty redditors, what's your excuse?

I'm not here to argue prayer vs no prayer, I'm here about ethics.

Now, for the sake of argument, let us say there is no god, okay sure.

At the very least, when someone offers to pray, they are wishing them well, or wishing them luck. Would you say "I'm doing nothing eithier?" No. You might even join in on the well wishing, because it's polite. Even more so if the story really struck you.

Now, let us go to the opposite side of the spectrum and say that the God of Abraham is real, then this person is calling upon the most powerful being in the universe to help.

Yes, I am aware of your original statement, but as I said, my post was about ethics. So, for the sake of argument, please bare with me.

Okay, so we just covered the possible weight of the statement of may I pray for you?

Now let us look at the I'll do nothing to.

This helps no one. It only serves to create an argument about God and take away from someone's moment of need. People may be telling OP about a time where they went through something similar, but now there is the famous snake eating itself. This will change no one's point of view. It will only make the person who posted about prayer feel bad.

Why should this person feel bad? What did they do that was so wrong? As I previously covered, they were only trying to help. Will OP benefit from this argument? No.

Is there some benefit for person with the I'll do nothing remark?

Maybe some fake Internet points. Maybe they can tell their friends about how they pissed off another annoying Christian. But what does that serve? There is a time and place for such debates. But, during these debates, there are also better ways to start it than being so..."snarky" .

So yeah, that's why statements like I'll do nothing too really annoys me. It's very self serving for the person who says it and helps no one. Just ignore it and everyone is better for it.

As for your original question, if you actually want an answer to it, go to /r/Christianity sub and the people there will be much better at explaining that question than I am.

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