# "I'll pray for you." Management Says "Not On My Watch!"

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**Created:** [April 3, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-pray-for-you-management-says-not-on-my-watch/982109 "2023-04-03T23:35:13Z")\
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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> Can you link me to a few? I’d like to see the thing actually used, not just referred to.

Sure, SDMB’s search sucks, so here’s a few minutes of effort. (But more effort than a prayer.)

> [@A pitting for Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/20):
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> So true! As an atheist myself, I’m happy to tell you that my main hobby is not collecting stamps. What, not collecting stamps isn’t a hobby? How dare you! It’s as much of a hobby as atheism is a religion.

> [@In every thread about xxxx, someone always posts yyyy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/35):
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> Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.

Apparently it is well enough known that it makes the “in every xxxx someone posts yyyy thread.”

> [@What difference would it make if Atheist ruled the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-difference-would-it-make-if-atheist-ruled-the-world/670188/121):
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> What I want to know is what the world would be like if all the people who don’t collect stamps ran it. Those a-stamp-collectors surely have a lot in common. For example: They don’t collect stamps Uh, they breathe, eat, reproduce? … Profit! Whoa, lost track of my internet memes there. Sorry.

I know there’s more out there, but this has already taken me far more than the few minutes I originally intended.

> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> I would think that my response to it would have made it clear that I hadn’t run into it before. Why else have we been having this discussion?

I was thinking that you were following the analogy, and that you were more optimistic than I about how such a comment would be received.

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