Why would i speak a prayer to be forced to believe? I’d rather see evidence fora god…
“Dear God, whom I hate with all my being”
No, doesn’t seem wise to tell lies to the god that hates lying lips as an abomination.
“precisely because you hate and threaten me with hell,”
I dislike the literary character, because Hell is injustice, but i don’t ‘hate god.’
“ I hate this punishment perhaps even more than I hate you.”
It’s not punishment. Punishment is an attempt to curb future misbehavior. People in Hell don’t have a future.
“ Or, maybe I should say that I love my comfort even more than I hate you.”
How about you finish the seeker’s prayer before you try to flog it.
“For that reason I am asking a favor of you.”
Seems impolitic.
“I want you to make me love you, whom I hate even when I ask this and even more because I have to ask this”
Are you making this up as you go?
“. I am being frank with you because I know it is no use to be otherwise.”
Pretty sure if _I_ were making this prayer, i’d be honest, not catty.
“ You know even better than I how much I hate you and that I love only myself.”
Again, lying to the supreme omniscient lie-hater is not my style.
“It is no use for me to pretend to be sincere.”
Is this even meant to be prayed? You’re just attacking atheists with stereotypes.
“I most certainly do not love you and do not want to love you.”
Then why pray?
“I hate the thought of loving you but that is what I'm asking because I love myself.”
Strawman.
“If you can answer this 'prayer' I guess the gift of gratitude will come with it and then I will be able to do what I would not think of doing now—thank you for making me love you whom I hate. Amen.”
If i were to make this request, i wouldn’t ask for salvation, i’d ask God to find little Johnny Gerstner out there in internet fundy land and cleanse his mind of hate.
If i saw you, John, approach me and/or the subject with respect, i might believe in gods.