We need your prayers. ( Archived) (61)

Thank you to each and every one of you who has offered our family your condolences and words of comfort and encouragement, the response was overwhelming and way more than anything I could have expected Thank you all so very very much your kind words are deeply appreciated.


This begs the question that I ask especially of those with 30,000 and 40,000 posts and who have been on this site for a long time - Is this a CS first, asking for prayer ? It's just that I've never seen such a post on here before.

My condolences

Please accept my concern for you. Allow me to address your very important question regarding ‘asking for prayer’”. It is not “a first”. It isn’t seen often, and here is my belief about that: Religion/Spirituality has been exponentially controversial since the “Beat” movement. (Hippies, Beatniks, Anti-Establishment enthusiasts, N.O.W., etc...), and, to a substantial degree, rather righteous. Many people, in my observation and belief, are simply exhausted hearing about it and/or discussing it. It is riddled with hypocritical rhetoric, conflicting interpretations, and very troubling judgmental assertiveness and obvious hatred trying to camouflage as “love”. So, it is, in my observation and belief, that it is small wonder that many people keep their distance. Everyone who is genuinely spiritual thinks he is “right”. And he may very well be. End of mystery—it’s different for each individual. It’s SUPPOSED to be..

You seem to miss the comfort of religion and prayer. and some people believe in it.

You do not understand my post. I miss nothing about the comfort of religion and prayer. I’m all for it. I answered his question about why it seems absent in media, including CS. You missed the point of the question/answer. I’m deeply spiritual, btw. I just want people to realize that the genre is vast, and there is no “one-size-fits-all”. Do you get it now? (I was avoiding this, because when I’ve said it before I’ve been accused of being petulant. However, I do feel that people react to what they “think” I said, rather than seeing it in the light it was intended)

No matter how carefully and courteously members try to say what’s on their minds’, you go out of your way to find fault. My life is dictated by an often fatal auto-immune illness. It requires constant medical attention and great preservation at home. Even so, I ask God to bless each day and help me fill it wisely and optimistically. Although there are many challenges and extra-curricular obligations, I embrace each day with gratitude. I hold nothing whatsoever against you, no judgment. What I do not have time for is negativity. I understand that any member can comment ad lib. However, I do have a favor, since you have recently acted with such hatred and negativity. Could you get off my back? Can you find it in your heart to just traipse on over to another forum, and let off steam there? Would you consider just leaving me alone? Give me a break?