I’m at a new job and working on a Saturday. This place is very “Christian-values blah blah blah” and at the end of our work day one of the supervisors is holding a prayer about “please God let this _ go smoothly and thank you for helping us etc.”

This isn’t the first time I’ve sat at a prayer that’s this selfish and asinine. Pretty sure I’ve been in a prayer thanking Jesus for some hot wings.

This kind of prayer was given today. Y’know, the day where some pretty awful things happened in a South American country but who cares about that /s

I don’t get Christians. They say all this nice stuff about their religion but the worship songs are very individualistic, talking about “Jesus saved me”, “my relationship with god”, “thank you God for x”. Never about other people. And of course none of the prayers today were for IDK the people who fucking bombed and murdered today in our bloody quest for oil?!?

Do these people really think their God gives a fuck if their hot wings taste good or if the printer works in the office today? If you really believed in this Devine being wouldn’t you want it to focus on the important things like IDK making sure everyone has food and shelter and maybe making life less miserable for the homeless people? WTF is wrong with Christians? Is this banal kind of “worship” also common in other religions or is this yet another reason to escape the U.S South 🤔

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Also you’re asking God to favor you over the opposition, in a sport. Im sure the ruler of Heaven doesnt have strong feelings on the outcome of a football game.

        Way better than this are gamblers who pray for luck at gambling. God doesnt want you doing that

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        I see a lot of that from people who make it in sports and entertainment thanking their relationship to God and it turns into a sort of survivors bias where they go around telling people God was responsible for their success and not their parents driving them around various camps or auditions.

        • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Right and weren’t the thousands people who didn’t make it for every one who did just not pray hard enough or something?

          I swear a big part of idol culture is making sure you look good with your midriff exposed. I would hope zombie Jesus would have better things to do.