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Atheists & Agnostics

Freelancer

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2. My take is that religious people see prayer as stuffing God's suggestion box or voting

Reply to trotsky (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:51 AM

Jul 2016

They pray and pray, then God tallies them up and the smite-fest begins.

Remember to align the chosen faith correctly, and punch down firmly in order to avoid hanging chads. If it's a write-in prayer, be sure to visualize the spelling of name of the smite-ee correctly, or that prayer won't be counted.

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Thoughts and prayers! trotsky Jul 2016 #1

My take is that religious people see prayer as stuffing God's suggestion box or voting Freelancer Jul 2016 #2

Excellent rant. annominous Jul 2016 #3

church is a way for all these people to grieve together RussBLib Jul 2016 #4