I am with the it really offends me now camp. But just because like everyone else here, I know what is behind it when it comes from the pentes. Judgement, pure and simple. My response to this statement is usually, "Thank you. I need all the help I can get" as an unholy string of expletives hang in the cartoon thought bubble over my head. At least since I left the church I don't have to hear the out loud prayers in my ear during the alter services about what everyone else thought my problems with god were. " We pray for Carrie's faith, Lord. Let her believe like a child. Have grace and forgiveness on her Lord." Talk about offensive.