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Some people forget what it means to be a human being.
Is it wrong for a nurse to offer to pray for a patient?
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They are intolerant and don't approve of anything that even faintly reeks of proselytizing.
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On reading the story, I would like to know more about the actual nature of the complaint before jumping to conclusions. I'm not disputing that suspending her was utterly ludicrous, BTW.
Think about it this way though, just as an alternative scenario to the one everybody seems to be assuming. You are an old person, you are sick, are unsure quite how sick, and are maybe a little confused. You are also not particularly religious; not necessarily atheistic, but unaccustomed to people offering to pray for you. Your nurse, who you hardly know, offers to pray for you. Would you assume the following;
Option 1. The nurse is a very religious person who offers prayers for all her patients to recover quickly.
Option 2. The nurse knows how sick you really are even if your dioctor won't tell you, and thinks prayer might be your best - or only - chance of survival.
We know option 2. would be a mistake in this instance. But is it really unreasonable to assume people wouldn't react in that way, and maybe become unecessarily frightened even if they only had a minor illness?
Just a thought.
Think about it this way though, just as an alternative scenario to the one everybody seems to be assuming. You are an old person, you are sick, are unsure quite how sick, and are maybe a little confused. You are also not particularly religious; not necessarily atheistic, but unaccustomed to people offering to pray for you. Your nurse, who you hardly know, offers to pray for you. Would you assume the following;
Option 1. The nurse is a very religious person who offers prayers for all her patients to recover quickly.
Option 2. The nurse knows how sick you really are even if your dioctor won't tell you, and thinks prayer might be your best - or only - chance of survival.
We know option 2. would be a mistake in this instance. But is it really unreasonable to assume people wouldn't react in that way, and maybe become unecessarily frightened even if they only had a minor illness?
Just a thought.