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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy new favorite meme to send to those anti-vaxxer Covid patients begging for 'prayer warriors'
diverdownjt
(702 posts)Siwsan
(26,272 posts)The first time someone used that term, as a pejorative, to describe me, I became VERY confused. Well, they actually referred to me as a SJW and being someone who is acronym challenged, I needed someone else to enlighten me. THEN I got confused.
Probatim
(2,530 posts)Little prayer groups praying hard for others to overcome their illnesses.
I always whisper in my wife's ear - which team has the best batting average? That's who I want praying for me.
Siwsan
(26,272 posts)Unless, of course, they were praying for the person to die. Then their track record is pretty spiffy.
Probatim
(2,530 posts)are out of your control; however, the thought of asking that question in front of the whole congregation has crossed my mind more than a few times.
wnylib
(21,498 posts)that use that term. I've never heard it in church.
Probatim
(2,530 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(5,137 posts)This sounds so much like something they would practice. They were the first ones I had ever heard talking about all aspects of their religion in war-like terms.
wnylib
(21,498 posts)but at a liberal branch, the PCUSA. Never heard it mentioned there, although they do have a prayer group that prays for the sick, for people in need, etc. Have also attended Lutheran and Episcopal churches where the term was never used.
IronLionZion
(45,462 posts)COVID is the rapture. Let's Go Darwin!