[Crimson Dynamo]

Church of England defends prayer tweet for Richard Dawkins after stroke


Twitter users accuse church of ‘trolling’ the famous atheist, but it insists it was wholly genuine in its concern for Dawkins’ health



The Church’s post was retweeted more than 1000 times, with many people speculating that the concern was less than sincere.

Some commenters accused the Church of “trolling” Dawkins and suggested praying for someone who was not religious was disrespectful.

(he is ok and will make a full recovery)


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[Marsh.]

May God bless him in this difficult time.

[Lee.]

Don't think it's disrespectful at all! When Samuel was ill quite a few folk asked if I would mind prayers being said for him during church services.. Although I'm not a believer, I was grateful that they would think of doing it at all .

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

May God bless him in this difficult time.

which one?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

which one?

Mine!

[Ammi]

..it's just wishing positive thoughts really...

[Kizzy]

Saw this yesterday, on the surface it seems reasonable but is it usual? Do the CofE as a collective usually tweet these kind of messages, if not I can see why it would be seen as insincere.

[Crimson Dynamo]

well I hope David Bowie got prayers and Lemmy

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Mine!

[joeysteele]

[QUOTE=Lee.;8516937]Don't think it's disrespectful at all! When Samuel was ill quite a few folk asked if I would mind prayers being said for him during church services.. Although I'm not a believer, I was grateful that they would think of doing it at all .[/QUOTE]

A really good statement, by the way great to have you back on here Lee.

[Lee.]

Thank you Joey

[Kazanne]

I'm sure some people just want something to moan about,i see no harm in that, nice they even thought of him

[Niamh.]

Oh he had a stroke? I hadn't heard, hope he makes a full recovery

[bots]

I see nothing wrong with it at all

[user104658]

Agree with the Kizzmeister - all you have to do is see whether or not they do this for a lot of celebrities. If it's pretty common for them to tweet "pray for..." messages when someone in the public eye is unwell, then I'd be inclined to accept that it's genuine well wishing.

If they DON'T do it very often and have specifically done it for Mr Dawkins... Then it seems a little bit suspect, doesn't it.

Note: I personally am not going to trawl through the CofE's twitter to find out but would be interested in the results if someone else wants to...

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Agree with the Kizzmeister - all you have to do is see whether or not they do this for a lot of celebrities. If it's pretty common for them to tweet "pray for..." messages when someone in the public eye is unwell, then I'd be inclined to accept that it's genuine well wishing.

If they DON'T do it very often and have specifically done it for Mr Dawkins... Then it seems a little bit suspect, doesn't it.

Note: I personally am not going to trawl through the CofE's twitter to find out but would be interested in the results if someone else wants to...

Go on, you know you want to you cynical heathen!

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Go on, you know you want to you cynical heathen!

I just can't. My dislike of religion actually pales in comparison to my hatred of Twitter

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I just can't. My dislike of religion actually pales in comparison to my hatred of Twitter

[Crimson Dynamo]

The story is about twitter


Now if a tweet has perhaps say 20 negative replies a poorly paid 20 something tabloid journo can run the headline

xxxx causes outrage

or xxxx causes twitter storm


when really its just 20 people talking



"who was outraged and who are they" seems to be the easiest way to cut to the actual

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The story is about twitter


Now if a tweet has perhaps say 20 negative replies a poorly paid 20 something tabloid journo can run the headline

xxxx causes outrage

or xxxx causes twitter storm


when really its just 20 people talking



"who was outraged and who are they" seems to be the easiest way to cut to the actual

Are you arguing against your own point?...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Are you arguing against your own point?...

no

i did not proffer an opinion in the op, merely asked the question

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Church of England defends prayer tweet for Richard Dawkins after stroke


Twitter users accuse church of ‘trolling’ the famous atheist, but it insists it was wholly genuine in its concern for Dawkins’ health



The Church’s post was retweeted more than 1000 times, with many people speculating that the concern was less than sincere.

Some commenters accused the Church of “trolling” Dawkins and suggested praying for someone who was not religious was disrespectful.

(he is ok and will make a full recovery)


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Because of the retweeted prayer?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Don't think it's disrespectful at all! When Samuel was ill quite a few folk asked if I would mind prayers being said for him during church services.. Although I'm not a believer, I was grateful that they would think of doing it at all .

This post says it all.

[Beso]

Bloody daft.

Pray in private, gods no got the internet ya stupid arseholes.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Bloody daft.

Pray in private, gods no got the internet ya stupid arseholes.

And you know this?