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In reply to the discussion: "Please, do NOT pray for Japan.." [View all]Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)69. Thank you for posting that video
I had not seen it, and it did make me cry, also.
In our house, a disaster elsewhere is cause for making a donation. Dollars help buy comfort, especially since we can't just pick up and go help.
Prayers? Ok, if that makes you feel better. But only praying is like putting one of those yellow ribbon magnets on your car saying "I Support the Troops"... really? All you did was slap a cheap magnet on your car.
I wish for continued progress for the Japanese people. I was really ashamed of the anti-Japanese sentiments on FaceBook, etc. Ignorance knows no bounds when it comes to empathy, for some.
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It turns out that, ultimately, the tsunami was irrelevant to the meltdown.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#45
Prayer: An excellent way to sit on your ass and still feel like you helped. [nt]
Jester Messiah
Mar 2013
#30
Thanks, I am so sick of people thinking that prayer makes any real difference.
RoccoR5955
Mar 2013
#46
"Well first of all, do not tell me you want to Pray for (insert place here)."
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#90
Sorry, link for some reason sent me to post 52 not 99 the first time around.
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#110