Fox News: JD Vance criticizes NY Times reader for 'whining' about elderly neighbor's prayers: 'Stop being a weirdo'

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JD Vance criticizes NY Times reader for 'whining' about elderly neighbor's prayers: 'Stop being a weirdo'

Vice President-elect JD Vance weighed in after a New York Times reader complained about her neighbor's insistence on sending prayers in-person and via text.......                    ...                        ...A New York Times reader drew the ire of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login after the individual complained about their neighbor's prayers to the liberal You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login  ......"My neighbor won't stop praying for me. What should I do?" the reader, whose name was not disclosed, asked You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ethicist columnist.......The reader revealed that their neighbor, described as a "sweet friend" and "a caring person," is "very religious" and frequently offers prayers......."She prays for me and says it in person, texts and emails for even the most minor of situations. I've told her my view of religion and that she doesn't need to pray for me. She said she has to, otherwise she's not following the Bible. I'm trying to ignore this, but it's really bothering me that she can't respect my wishes," the reader continued.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The columnist told the reader that she is glad the two are being honest about their different views concerning prayer, however, the stakes for each individual "don't seem comparable."......"If you don't think these prayers will do you any good, you presumably also don't think they'll do you any harm. By contrast, she thinks that you'll be worse off without them and that praying for you is her duty," Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote.......Appiah also told the reader they are not entitled to ask the neighbor that they stop praying but can reasonably ask to refrain from informing them when she prays.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Still, instead of requiring that your octogenarian neighbor change her ways, I wonder whether you might change yours — and learn to accept this woman for who she is, hearing her prayers as a sincere expression of her loving feelings toward you," he added.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on the reader's dilemma, albeit with a less sympathetic response......."What should you do? Accept it as a sweet gesture and stop being a weirdo. Or: consider that the woman praying for her neighbors has it more figured out than the person whining to the paper," he wrote on X. ...

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