Perhaps the best thing You could have done in the situation with the man praying at your tractor club Xmas party would have been to stand up and voice your objection.

In January 1991 I experienced a VERY traumatic personal experience on the same day the 91 desert storm war began. The following Sunday I -an anti-war activist- strayed from my atheist standing and went to a church wondering if maybe turning to “god” would help. The church pews and altar were covered with red ribbons and the preacher declared it a holy war. he mocked protesters who were demanding peace and an end to the desert storm.

That was too much for me to bear. I stood and shouted “Who would Jesus bomb?” Then I turned and walked down the center aisle leading to the exit repeatedly voicing my exclamation “Who would Jesus bomb?”

That experience confirmed my atheism.

If a god existed that church would have imploded as I walked out the door.

“If god were alive today, he would be an atheist.” Kurt Vonnegut

Raise your voice for Peace and Justice at every opportunity You are given. Don’t let your next chance pass You by. It might be your last.