Thoughts And Prayers Are Useless And Harmful

"Another problem with conveying one’s 'thoughts and prayers' to victims is that it absolves you of your personal responsibility to work to change things that give rise to tragedies. Prayer is not an answer. It is a buck-passing exercise. You want to help cancer victims, take action to find a cure for cancer (support science and modern medical research). You want to save young people from dying in futile and endless wars, don’t support warmongers and fear-mongers and support those who engage in peaceful means to resolve differences. And so on. 'Thoughts and prayers' are an insipid excuse for inaction."

~Jay Feldman