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[–] rayquetzalcoatl@feddit.uk 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's creepy that they're doing some weird religious gesture, but I think it's a lovely sign of the times that one of the freaks on the left (as we're looking at it) just has to record this emotional and reflective moment for their socials lol

[–] OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's called "laying on hands" among Christians. As in, "let us lay on hands and pray for them." In theory it should be a way of showing support that someone is not alone. Usually, I'd attribute it more to religious people doing a silent 'look at me, I have a direct line to God for this person!' [Like you said, they're so in the moment they pull out their phone; yeah, that screams holy moment.] Which is funny because Protestants think everyone has a personal relationship with God, so what's the extra prayer for? In case God wasn't listening to the requestor, but they might listen to Ultra Religious person? Doesn't sound very personal to me.

You see god charged up Trump full of christian energy and they're trying to leach it away with the wireless god juice receptacles installed in their hands. I would want proof too for when I charged people to leach it from me.