Thursday, March 26, 2020


Atheist man slams Christian roommate for praying for him because it's 'forcing his religion on others' - but critics claim it shouldn't bother him

An atheist man who asked his Christian roommate not to pray for him has sparked a debate over whether it's appropriate to pray for someone who doesn't share the same religion.

The anonymous man, believed to be from America, took to Reddit arguing that prayer annoys him because he doesn't want his accomplishments and happiness to be associated with God.

He claimed to respect his roommate's religion, but added that he doesn't want to be included in any of his addresses to the Lord.

The post racked up more than 200 comments, with many people divided over whether the roommate was indeed 'forcing' their religion onto the man.

Explaining the situation, the man explained that he had believed in Christianity until the age of seven.

'My roommate is a Christian and usually isn't one of the annoying ones so we get along. However, he told me the other day that he prays for the people he cares about and I asked him if that includes me,' he recalled.

'He said he prays for me and this kind of annoys me. I get it, he has his own coping mechanism, cool. But I don't want him to think that my accomplishments and happiness are because he so generous to pray for me to his sky daddy.

'I told him to stop and he says he respects my "religion" (he used that word directly) but I have to respect his faith and expression. Which I do - I'm not telling him not to pray, I'm just telling him to leave me specifically out of it.'

Many responses argued that the roommate isn't forcing his religion on him, but simply showing that he cares.

One person wrote: 'A little bit YTA [You're the a*****e]. He's in no way forcing his religion on you. What he prays about is of no concern to you and if you were going to be this bothered by it, you probably should have minded your business and not asked.

'I hate to say it but you sound very insecure if you're so aggressively concerned that one person might think your accomplishments have something to do with their prayers. But I honestly don't think your roommate is thinking that hard about it. If you don't believe in it and think prayers hold no value, it shouldn't make a difference to you whether or not your roommate has you in mind when he prays.'

Another said: 'YTA - just like he can't tell you who or what to worship, you can't tell him who he can and cannot pray for. Chances are he's been doing it for quite a while and it didn't bother you till you asked.'

But others said they understand why the man may feel uncomfortable and claimed he's entitled to ask his roommate to stop praying for him.

One wrote: 'Interesting that I seem to be in the minority here but NTA [not the a*****e] - if it makes you uncomfortable then he's doing it for himself, not you.

'It's like when guys compliment women in a work situation and when asked to stop they say that they mean't well - if it's not welcomed, it's no longer a nice thing. To be fair you can't really enforce it, but solidarity for this internet stranger - he sounds like a sanctimonious a**.'

'NTA. It is incredibly rude to pray for someone who's asked you not to and I'm saying that as a religious person,' commented another.

A third added: 'NAH, I know most people would disagree but OP just wants him to stop. I don't understand though, he just politely asked him to stop, you may not think it's any of his business but the roommate is praying about HIM.

'It's his business if he's included even it's via prayer, sure it's kind of rude but as long as he's polite they can come to an understanding that OP simply dislikes his roommate praying for/about him'.

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Marvel Launches New Politically Correct Woke Superhero Comic to Insult Long-Time Readers

Marvel Comics have again insulted all comic book fans everywhere by announcing a new superhero team full of politically correct, woke, so-called diverse characters. And yes, all sane individuals have been calling for Marvel to stop gender-flipping, race-flipping, orientation-flipping their characters and create new ones, but now we have all changed our minds and are saying no, not like that.

And while the characters are new, they have taken a team name of a much-loved superhero comic, even if no one had been buying it for years. And it's all been arranged by a marketing department at Marvel trying to appeal to a non-existent audience that they will fail to reach.

The comic is, as I am sure you have guessed, is called Giant-Size X-Men #1, written by Len Wein and drawn by Dave Cockrum, two creators who should know better. It has taken a team of all-American heroes, kept one as a token, Cyclops, pushed to the back of the group, and then introduced characters from Japan and Germany – countries that the USA was at war with only thirty years ago, added a Russian, who we are in a Cold War with right now, as well as a Canadian, who we might as well be at war with – and given him universal healthcare powers as well.

And then they have taken the powers associated with Norweigan Aryan gods of thunder and given it, in an astounding display of virtue signalling, to a black woman. Oh and just to put the cherry on the top added a Native American, because normal Americans just aren't good enough. At least they kill him off in the first issue.

Anyway, I predict that as a result of this casting, demanded by Marvel's sales department because they wanted to appeal to international audiences, but then used characters from countries that they don't sell their comics to, this ludicrous and transparent attempt at woke comic book storytelling will fail and no one will ever hear the words X-Men again. Get woke, go broke.

Though I hear rumour that a certain Chris Claremont is waiting in the wings to take over the writing, so maybe there's a hope that he, with John Byrne, might stop all this inorganic foisting of black women and other attempts at diversity onto the public, and certainly won't be pushing some message of tolerance, or political messaging that was never intended by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

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Surprise release of Woody Allen memoir by new publisher

Movie director Woody Allen's controversial autobiography was released in the United States on Monday, swiftly finding a new home after its original publisher pulled out after protests over abuse allegations against the film-maker.

New York-based Arcade Publishing announced it has acquired world rights to Apropos Of Nothing, saying it would not "bow to the politically correct pressures of the modern world". "We as publishers prefer to give voice to a respected writer and filmmaker," editor Jeannette Seaver said in a statement.

Earlier this month, giant publisher Hachette scrapped plans to release the book penned by Allen, 84, who has long been accused of molesting his daughter, and returned all rights to the author.

Hachette had cancelled the launch after Allen's son, Ronan Farrow, who is extremely critical of his father, denounced the book group, and staff staged a walkout.

Allegations that Allen molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s have dogged the Oscar-winning film-maker for decades.

The director of Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979) was cleared of the charges - first levelled by his then partner, actress Mia Farrow - and has consistently denied the abuse.

But Dylan, now 34, maintains she was molested.

The unexpected announcement of the book's release on Monday comes about two weeks ahead of its originally scheduled April 7 launch from Hachette's Grand Central Publishing subsidiary.

Ronan, a high-profile investigative journalist and best-selling author, led the backlash to the book. He has long defended Dylan, who renewed her accusations against Allen in early 2018 in the wake of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.

Dozens of Hachette employees in New York walked out in protest at its original plan to publish the memoir.

But some had criticised Hachette's withdrawal as censorship, including best-selling author Stephen King. "The Hachette decision to drop the Woody Allen book makes me very uneasy. It's not him; I don't give a damn about Mr Allen. It's who gets muzzled next that worries me," he said on Twitter.

Ms Seaver said that "while we respect Hachette's decision to choose not to publish Woody Allen's book, we choose not to take sides, but rather, firmly believe in upholding the right to freedom of speech".

She added: "We find it critical to hear more than one side of a story and, more importantly, not to squelch a writer's right to be heard."

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Trump rips NY Times for altering coronavirus negotiations headline 'to satisfy the radical left'

President Trump ripped The New York Times on Monday for repeatedly changing a headline on an article regarding a trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package "to satisfy the radical left," calling the modifications "corrupt" and "dangerous" for the U.S.

"The New York Times changed headlines 3 times in order to satisfy the Radical Left. What should have been a good story got 'worse & worse', until the headline alone made it very unfair," the president tweeted. "Fake & Corrupt News that is very dangerous for our Country!"

Trump's ire came after the Times changed the original headline on an article, "Democrats Block Action on $1.8 Trillion Stimulus," to "Democrats Block Action on Stimulus Plan, Seeking Worker Protections" and then to "Partisan Divide Threatens Deal on Rescue Plan." The coronavirus stimulus package, which is designed to help offset potentially catastrophic economic impacts of the virus, is still being negotiated after Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote on the measure late Sunday.

The Times was already under fire for the changes, primarily from the president's supporters, before the tweet.

The Hill has reached out to the Times for comment.

Trump late Sunday also lashed out at the Times and other news outlets over their coverage of his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak, claiming that all he's seen is "hatred of me."

"I watch and listen to the Fake News, CNN, MSDNC, ABC, NBC, CBS, some of FOX (desperately & foolishly pleading to be politically correct), the [New York Times], & the [Washington Post], and all I see is hatred of me at any cost," Trump said on Twitter.

"Don’t they understand that they are destroying themselves?" he asked.

Coronavirus cases have soared in the U.S. to more than 35,000, and the death toll stands at more than 470, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

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Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the  incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.

American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of  other countries.  The only real difference, however, is how much power they have.  In America, their power is limited by democracy.  To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already  very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges.  They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did:  None.  So look to the colleges to see  what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way.  It would be a dictatorship.

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