Atheists: do you laugh when you’re at restaurant and you see people praying before they eat?
I tend to find it amusing and laugh a little, but it’s a cynical laugh, you know? It’s like, “Those people are such phonies; look at them pretending to be the holiest people in the restaurant…douche bags” You know what I mean?
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Are you a clone?
In all the years I have lived on this earth, I don't think I have EVER seen people praying before eating in a restaurant. Ever. I live in the Bay Area, we generally are not a real religious area of the country.
And if I ever did see someone praying in a restaurant, I would be very surprised. But I would not laugh. I might raise my eyebrows slightly but I don't like to be rude.
I pray quietly and easily, only thanking the Lord for the food and for the employer of whoever i'm with. i do not have a speical prayer to recite and that i'm under no circumstances loud in eating places because it really is rude....i do not communicate on my cellular telephone in public like that both. My grandfather had a prayer that he reported aloud at each meal. It got here from his heart, although, and that i will nonetheless listen him speaking the words. each often times classic, repetitive issues can lose all which potential, yet his prayer changed into very comforting and stabilizing to me as a baby. i'm grateful immediately that he continuously gave because of God earlier foodstuff.
I've honestly never seen anyone do that in a public restaurant. Personally I would find it very inappropriate, that sort of thing should be kept for the privacy of your own home and not in everyones faces when they are trying to have an enjoyable evening.
I'm an atheist, but I'm from a very religious family. I always get embarrassed when I go out to eat with them and they start praying. I look around to see if anyone is staring.
I don't really pay attention to others in a restaurant to be honest. I'm usually busy talking to my wife or friends, so I've never noticed this.
I laugh when it happens.When my family goes out to eat, they forget all about "god" but one aunt is always there to yell at everybody and it's just downright hilarious.She dislikes that at that moment...it becomes obvious to me -the family atheist- that no one else *really* believes either.
wow douche you got atheists wrong if you think we laugh at people pray calling them phonies or assholes
Some people might pray because they want recognition, but I pray because God has given me life and food to eat.
Do I laugh? No, I'm too busy eating or talking to my dinner companions to give a crap.
I sprinkle some holy water on their heads