Tingi

Jennifer Lawrence besa sin querer a Natalie Dormer en el estreno de Los juegos del hambre. Sinsajo parte 2

This I know is going to be a sensitive subject and in no way am I downplaying what is happening right now in Paris because all their lives matter and I’m not trying to take away from what is happening. 

But it’s sad to see so many people using the hashtag pray for Paris as if they are doing anything or actually praying. I see it so much in everything like when the the bombings happened in Boston. 

#prayforboston

Now my first issue is that people don’t think to mention God in anything until something bad happens and the fact that people use that hashtag as if they’ve ever prayed for anything in their life. I know the hashtag has good intentions but fails short of actually doing anything. I know it’s bringing awareness to the rest of the world but there’s something just slightly fake and irritating about telling other people to “pray” when they don’t know the first thing about prayer or who they’re praying to.

If you hear about what’s happening and Paris and your immediate reaction isn’t to pray then you probably don’t pray and a hashtag really isn’t going to make you start. Also for a prayer to be answered you need faith and if you don’t have faith in the God you’re praying to then who are you praying to? 

Now I’m a full believer in God and prayer so I truly do think prayer could help in situations like this but I can’t help but find it’s super naive and disrespectful to use the hashtag “Pray for Paris” to seem like you’re actually doing anything for them. Now I’m not talking about the people that actually are praying for the situation happening. I’ve just seen multiple people on my Instagram use the hashtag and I know they aren’t praying. 

I’m trying not to be judgemental because I know the intention is not to be fake. I just wish people would stop hopping on board with hashtags that don’t relate to them. This isn’t some battle I’m trying to fight, it’s just my opinion.

I know it’s a minimal discussion compared to what’s going on but after seeing these hashtags countless times for every horrible event that happens it just gets to me.