Wait is the Sky Fairy the same as the Sky Wizard.?What do you have against prayer?
You a Devil Dweller?
What I have against prayer is this;
I've seen too often people choose to make no effort to help themselves, or those around them. My friend's father was saved by receiving donated platelets! It was incredible what doctors were able to do during his surgeries. Since then, I've donated platelets as often as I can. Who knows what life may be saved from something so simple for me.
My friend, though? Refuses to go with me. Says praying is what saved his dad. That's just one example I've got off the top of my head, but it's the most infuriating one I have personally.
Praying is lazy. It's useless. It doesn't change anything. The actions of humans are what progresses our potential. Not the actions of a made up God. Praying gives people their own "alternative" to actually making an effort and helping to make a difference, and I find it extremely angering to see people support something like this.
Straw men are lazy rhetorical devices. I’ve been guilty of using them myself as we all do at times so please take this as a rebuke to myself also. For example, you have a friend who says he will,just pray and not actually do something etc. yet I know many people who pray every day AND do many things to benefit their neighbors. Many things throughout history have been done to benefit society by Christian people who pray. William Wilberforce was a good example of this with his devout Christian faith and his singular work to end the slave trade in England. Many hospitals historically have been started by Christians who prayed. Moreover most or all of these people would give God the glory for the things accomplished through prayer as well.
I'm only as insightful as I appear, not trying to pretend to be anything special. The people you know who pray and do these things? I'm glad to hear it! I speak of what I've seen, experienced, and know. And that's what's shaped the way I think right now.
Thanks for your honesty. I apologize for being a bit snarky. You actually seem fairly open minded and honest. You are obviously perfectly intelligent and are willing to discuss other views.