Pro tip: When people ask for “prayers” or “positive energy,” that’s another way of asking for emotional support. So when you come on people’s posts saying “lol but God don’t real why don’t u do something real,” what that person hears is, “I don’t care about you, your suffering, or your problems.”
Requests for support and solidarity are *not* a good place to hash out the finer points of metaphysics.
This is actually one of the rules for ethical clergy: even if their theology is harmful, you do not fuck with someone’s world view when they are in crisis!
Saying you’ll pray for someone, if it wasn’t asked for and you’re offering no other help, is pretty callous. Denying someone’s *request* that you pray for them is also pretty callous.
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