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Let Us Pray…
These are the words I said on the onset of a meeting with a group of queer friends during one of our monthly gatherings.

To me, It was just a plain statement, not like I had ever said it before in these meetings
But this time, the angel in me (read conscience) pushed me to do so.
Until Ma’ , one of my  good friends and the leader of the team turned right to me and smiled.
Slowly held my hand and as if asking for permission to carry on, looked around the room and asked, “Shall we”?....
“To whom are we praying?”
..then that’s when the relevance of the question hit me.
I would’av promised if this was a stranger, it would have taken a whole day for me to figure out why, she actually said that.

It was like everyone in the room was waiting for this simple question to get an opportunity to contribute.(it was more easier to contribute to fun conversations like ***, relationships family and all, but religion, this was a first).

And so the heated debate began.

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"Make sure you include my god ***(no names mentioning)
"No you should also remember my god ***
...voices kept being thrown around the room until Ma shushed everyone then turned and gave me this look..
Then I realized and the question started hitting me.

When you are in a gathering and feel the urge to pray, like you always do befor beginning any task of your own, should you pray?
Should you invite everyone to pray to your particular "god"...
Should you also put into consideration other people's belief's and pray to their "god" too despite you not believing in their deities.?
Or should you just shut the heaven up and carry on?

Will tell you on how the meeting went.
But what are your thoughts on the same?
PS: I Am a Believer.

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