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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 74331024" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p>Most of the 74 I've received are because I've posted some awful news story about orphans burning to death or something, and I don't see it as directed at me, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's an honest reaction to the story.</p><p></p><p>But when you're having an argument with someone, and they whip out the prayer rating, I feel much like topher above does: "Every single one of them was from someone who disagreed with me on some point or another and used the prayer rating as a sarcastic response. Kinda sad."</p><p></p><p>It is the "Bless your heart"/"I'll pray for you" vibe. Meanspirited usage of it would fall afoul of the forum rules against goading with ratings, but how would you prove 'what was in someone's heart' when they poked the Prayers button?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I bet fewer nonreligious people 'take offense' at it than you think. But yes, <em><strong>if</strong></em> it comes from certain posters whose conversational style I know and <em><strong>if</strong></em> it's being used as a goodbye judo-move after a long back and forth argument, I will likely read some malicious intent into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 74331024, member: 294566"] Most of the 74 I've received are because I've posted some awful news story about orphans burning to death or something, and I don't see it as directed at me, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's an honest reaction to the story. But when you're having an argument with someone, and they whip out the prayer rating, I feel much like topher above does: "Every single one of them was from someone who disagreed with me on some point or another and used the prayer rating as a sarcastic response. Kinda sad." It is the "Bless your heart"/"I'll pray for you" vibe. Meanspirited usage of it would fall afoul of the forum rules against goading with ratings, but how would you prove 'what was in someone's heart' when they poked the Prayers button? Anyway, I bet fewer nonreligious people 'take offense' at it than you think. But yes, [I][B]if[/B][/I] it comes from certain posters whose conversational style I know and [I][B]if[/B][/I] it's being used as a goodbye judo-move after a long back and forth argument, I will likely read some malicious intent into it. [/QUOTE]
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