Go back
When should Christians pray for someone's death?

When should Christians pray for someone's death?

Spirituality

Vote Up
2
Vote Down

sonship recently offered several times to pray [along with some of his prayer group friends] to expedite/speed up my death when I refused to speculate about whether my intelligence was the reason for me not believing the same things as he does.

Is this normal, Christian discourse?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Eladar, several times, talked about praying for U.S. Senator John McCain's death a year or two prior to McCain's passing in August last year. It seemed harsh to me, but could it be justified in terms of Christian faith-in-action?

Vote Up
Vote Down
-3

@fmf said
sonship recently offered several times to pray [along with some of his prayer group friends] to expedite/speed up my death when I refused to speculate about whether my intelligence was the reason for me not believing the same things as he does.

Is this normal, Christian discourse?
It's an interesting assertion to make, and also interesting that you have not copy-pasted any backup documentation.

Vote Up
4
Vote Down
-1

@caesar-salad said
It's an interesting assertion to make, and also interesting that you have not copy-pasted any backup documentation.
It doesn't matter to me if you don't believe it.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@fmf said
It doesn't matter to me if you don't believe it.
Okay.

Vote Up
2
Vote Down
-1

@fmf said
sonship recently offered several times to pray [along with some of his prayer group friends] to expedite/speed up my death when I refused to speculate about whether my intelligence was the reason for me not believing the same things as he does.

Is this normal, Christian discourse?
Proverbs 24
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

Vote Up
4
Vote Down

@fmf said
sonship recently offered several times to pray [along with some of his prayer group friends] to expedite/speed up my death when I refused to speculate about whether my intelligence was the reason for me not believing the same things as he does.

Is this normal Christian discourse?
No.

Vote Up
4
Vote Down

@fmf said
Eladar, several times, talked about praying for U.S. Senator John McCain's death a year or two prior to McCain's passing in August last year. It seemed harsh to me, but could it be justified in terms of Christian faith-in-action?
And no.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@FMF
No, it's not normal.....

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down
-2

@fmf said
It doesn't matter to me if you don't believe it.
But you are still not willing to provide documentation?

And please don't send "quotations", which might be falsified. Send links, so we can see the quotations in context.

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down

@caesar-salad said
But you are still not willing to provide documentation?
That's right.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@FMF

sonship recently offered several times to pray [along with some of his prayer group friends] to expedite/speed up my death when I refused to speculate about whether my intelligence was the reason for me not believing the same things as he does.

Is this normal, Christian discourse?


No I offered to pray to expedite your going to that realm of death to find out if the bible is true or not.

That is what I offered. Go back and read it.

Vote Up
Vote Down

And I would agree with Suzziane that it was not too normal for Christian discourse with an unbeliever.

But I don't think FMF thinks there is such a thing as "normal" discourse of a believer. He is an Agnostic/ Atheist for whom discourse about the "god figure" is not normal to begin with.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@sonship said
No I offered to pray to expedite your going to that realm of death to find out if the bible is true or not.
It seems that no other Christians have piped up yet to say that they think it is normal Christian discourse on your part.

Vote Up
Vote Down

@sonship said
And I would agree with Suzziane that it was not too normal for Christian discourse with an unbeliever.
Three times you offered to pray to speed up my death.