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Many atheists and agnostics have an adverse response to prayers said for them, CNN reported Monday, so it is likely that Christians should keep them to themselves to prevent offending others.
Citing a latest research, CNN said that “some atheists and agnostics would pay money” to prevent prayers sent their way after experiencing a natural disaster like a hurricane.
Sending thoughts and prayers in the wake of disasters is “controversial,” said Linda Thunström, an economist at the University of Wyoming who co-authored the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Based on communication with some 400 North Carolina citizens following the devastation of Hurricane Florence in 2018, the research said atheists and agnostics are “prayer averse” — prepared to pay to prevent getting worship — and are particularly opposed to getting thoughts and prayers “from Christians.”
Nonreligious people “were willing to pay about $1.66 to avoid a prayer from a priest and more than double that price at $3.54 to avoid one from a Christian stranger,” CNN stated.
“The last result is surprising because one might expect that atheists/agnostics would be indifferent to people praying for them — why care, if you don’t believe in the gesture?” said Thunström.
“But that is not what we find — atheists and agnostics are averse to prayers,” she said, and are willing to pay money in order “not to get a prayer from a Christian stranger.” READ MORE…