Stop pretending you care.

[°Leprechaun]

"Your prayers are pointless. I will be a sh**tty atheist on this one; prayer absolves you actually doing anything while still making you feel good. If it's all politicians have got then they have absolutely nothing to give. It’s especially insensitive given that many of the victims will have already had ‘prayer’ thrown at them in their name for very different reasons. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now."

I agree with this. If you want to pray for someone who's stopping you? What bothers me is when someone say "I'll pray for you" and that's all they are willing to do. Why do I have to know that. I had an experience where someone said "Can I pray with you?" The question made me uncomfortable, so I said "no", and saying that made me uncomfortable as well. Before praying asking someone if they can pray for you or say "I'll pray for you" you should listen to what that person wants, maybe they just want to be listened to "seek first to understand". But yes I agree with the above statement, and I don't see how prayers help, except as a way to make the person praying feel better. But actions speek louder than words.

[°Leprechaun]

The OP is another reminder of why this forum desperately needs a 'like'/upvote button.

Anyway, how dare you politicize this tragedy???!?  We need to wait until at least a week has passed, out of respect for the dead, and only then can we discuss doing nothing.

That's up to the moderators, although there is always the "report to moderator" button.

[°Leprechaun]

The OP is another reminder of why this forum desperately needs a 'like'/upvote button.

Anyway, how dare you politicize this tragedy???!?  We need to wait until at least a week has passed, out of respect for the dead, and only then can we discuss doing nothing.

That's up to the moderators, although there is always the "report to moderator" button.

What?

Were you being sarcastic when you said "how dare you politicize this tragedy"? If so I missed that.