Atheist Guy Fights Fire With Fire By Saying A Prayer To Another God After MIL Forces Him To Say Grace

As a minister I welcome blessings on the meals feom all faiths.

I am always a bit baffled when religious people think that you can inspire faith in others by tricking them. Like, Jesus didn't walk around, pulling pranks and yelling "Gotcha! You're one of mine now!"

I would classify the OP as an 'agnostic' rather than an atheist. Agnostics believe that nothing can be known of the existence or nature of God/Gods. They neither believe nor disbelieve in Gods. They said so themselves. That said, it's never a 'cute' look to force your religious beliefs on others. A moment of silence would have been fine, but she just had to push for a prayer. She got what was coming to her, honestly.

No disrespect, but my dad once heard someone jokingly give thanks for the food by going "Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Thanks, Jesus, for the Grub" *internal laughter but having to feign a facepalm*

I am a believer, but I would never force that on anyone else. I believe in God, but I know that there are people that do not or they worship a different god. This is an okay thing and you should never force your religious beliefs on anyone else. Pray to whomever you choose.

My BIL, who was always a bit boisterous, would greet religious people at the door and invite them in for beer and bong hits.

I teach Physics in College. Once to help illustrate a concept, I brought up the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (AKA Pastafarianism) - which was 'founded' by a Physics Grad Student - and a student filed a formal grievance against me. Since I have tenure I shrugged it off but now I have an excuse when colleagues pressure us to include world cultures in science classes.

In “The Simpson,” my favorite was when Bart said that since they paid for the food, there was no need to thank anybody … let’s face it, if nobody went shopping and cooked, was God really going to provide a feast …

I'm a devout Catholic and I am cracking up at all of these prayers.

A former boyfriend, when asked to say grace at Thanksgiving, recited Milo's prayer from "Bloom County" ‌https://imgur.com/tYsxL He was not asked to do so the following year.

I would've said, "In the name of The Billie, in the name of The Tre, and in the name of The Mike, please keep people from turning this meal into Dookie. In the name of Green Day, Sei-tan."

I teach Physics in College and once mentioned The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (AKA Pastafarianism) - a Church invented by a Physics Grad Student - because it was related to the topic at hand. A student filed a formal grievance against me - but I have tenure so who cares. Now, when they urge us to include more world cultures in our (science) classes I reply that I tried that once and they complained.

As a Christian, I personally think that the moment of silence would have been great! Everybody can do their thing (pray, think about that TV show they watched last week, hum a song...) not force everybody to do the same religious thing that they may not believe in.

Que como como yo, coman to'! That's it. Non-denominational. BTW, it's Spanish for "May all eat like I do!"

I worked the 50+ hours a week to pay for the food that i went to the overcrowded supermarket on the weekend to buy, and i brought it home, cooked it, and am cleaning up afterward. why in the name of F*K does anyone other than myself deserve thanks for this meal?

I hate people like that. The most hypocritical, two faced people I have ever met claim to be Christians.

Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne!

My mom is a chef, and my (disliked) uncle is a priest. Dad and the priest fought for years but decided to reconcile in their older days. Mom made a special dinner and the uncle came over. People grabbed the food and he stopped them to pray. Mom snatched the food from the table and roared "No one has ever died of my food! If you don't trust it then don't eat!" The reconciliation attempts were stranded, but they were coldly polite up until dad's death a couple of years later.

Kudos for being a lot more restrained than I would have been. I would have instantly gone the Satanist route. Virgins, goat sacrifices and finished with did she fancy being the one that started the orgy.

Ironically, Christians, Jews, and Muslims all share and believe in the same god. Some may know God by different names (Yahweh for Jews, Allah for Muslims) and may receive the word of God from different messengers (Jesus, Moses, Muhammad) but it's all the same in the end. Thank god I'm an atheist and don't need to know all that mumbo jumbo stuff.

I looked to see if I could class it up with some Shakespeare, but "Thy food is such as hath been belch'd on by infected lungs" seemed in poor taste.

In the name of the father, of the son and of the holy ghost, who eats the fastest gets the most, Amen!

I love this!

I'll take "things that didn't happen" for 100, Alex.

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Seriously, why are atheists such insufferable pricks?