set up a table and posters outside of the Court building. They offer to help the litigants who need it through prayer.

Every time I pass them, they offer to pray for me, and I respond, "I am an atheist, don't waste your time."

Is there a selection process as in "We like your argument; so we'll prey for you, but not the other guy"?

If god answers all prayers, wouldn't DuPage County have a lot of hung juries?

Aren't you ashamed?

Aristotle made me do it.

Isn't that a character on NCIS?

You know ... a dangerous man.

Religious privilege is deeply embedded in our society.

Yeah, the posters meant well. Yeah, they have not the tiniest clue that a) people might have different beliefs, or absence of, and b) that's OK.

Or they just don't care, or they think their religious privilege trumps all. Or they think they know what is best for you.

I temporarily forgot my own experiences when I cut them some slack.....

Some really think they have THE answer. And their arrogance blinds them to the idea that we don't want their crap shoved down our throats.

the power of dumbth shall shelter us from reality .

I've said "I am a middle class American, sitting in an air conditioned room, 15 feet from a virtually endless source of fresh water, both hot and cold, with food in a refrigerator and I obviously have internet access. I am the LAST person on earth that needs your prayers. Kindly pray for that starving little girl somewhere in Africa that is just about to die for lack of foo.....nope....too late."

Glad you could come here and vent, where you know we're all thinking the same thing.