The prayer-haters aren't just writing from Canada. At the leftist blog the Daily Kos, the diarist known as "1lan" wrote about "When 'prayer' is the problem." You see, religion -- all religion -- should be held responsible when radical Muslims commit terrorism. He can't stand the social media being stuffed with calls for and mentions of prayer for Paris: "Aren't people like you the source of the problem?"
The "moderate" sentiment in the post is this: "nobody thinks you are legally responsible for 150 dead Parisians. But still, shouldn't you stop providing such an effective ground game for ISIS?"
So many self-appointed Facebook philosophers posting so many updates calling for so many prayers. But... aren't people like you the source of the problem? Isn't 9-11, Charlie Hebdo, yesterday's attacks, etc., etc., the precise outcome to expect when people encourage worldwide prayer?
You know where murderous extremists come from? In the unconscious majesty of the forests of mainstream religion, it is the mightiest redwoods that grow into the deadliest terrorists.
And today, a cursory glance at your Facebook feed trumpets myriad posts and pictures from friends desperately making their appeal to empathy and moral superiority. Unwittingly or not, this fantastic stroke of irony disregards the greatest truth: every tragedy born of religious extremism that you respond to with calls to pray for the good guys, is because of you. These are deaths sown from the spiritually innocent, compost-enriched soil you maintain.
REMINDER: The Daily Kos is a hot site for the Democratic base, used by Democratic Party organizations and Democrat super PACS for advertising. These are the supposedly dispassionate "nones" that the secular media promote.
