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In reply to the discussion: I hate when people pray over their food aloud in public [View all]classof56
(5,376 posts)we the students would occasionally eat out (more affordable in those days). After we'd placed our orders, we'd do the "last one to raise your hand" method to determine who would be the designated pray-er. I recall one pizza parlor where we each ordered a slice. While the designated pray-er (a guy) was doing his thing, a long and heart-felt prayer of thanks (out loud), all our heads were bowed, when, before he finished, the waitress arrived and asked loudly, "Okay, who ordered the pepperoni?" Guess you had to be there to find it as humorous as I did, and even now, decades later, the memory gives me a chuckle.
My praying in restaurant days are long behind me, as is most of what I learned in Bible college, but I really don't have a problem with people giving thanks before their restaurant meals. I'm now pretty well convinced no one's listening, except for fellow diners, of course, but if it makes those who pray feel better about themselves, I say let 'em go for it. As others have pointed out, far better than one-sided cell phone conversations and screaming children.
Just MHO.