Reply #47: No, I don't think they mean it that way.

[Dervill Crow]

Maybe some do, but it's just like saying, "Have a nice day," to them.

Like praising God when a light is green. They are just all about God and don't realize it is weird and offensive when they talk that way to people who aren't . . . um, what to say. Born again? Walking with Jesus? Or as my dad called it, fanatics. It sounds like they are talking down to us normal people, but it isn't intended that way.

I tried explaining in an adult Sunday school class once why a non-Christian might get pissed off when a Christian says, "I'm praying for you." It's exactly what you said, the perception is that they think they are closer to God. They absolutely could not wrap their brains around the fact that not everyone wants to be prayed for.