You are praying in the wrong direction!!!

This was laugh out loud funny.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7984556.stm

Brilliant. Apparently some 200 mosques in Mecca (Islam's holiest city) point the wrong way to pray.

And according to the BBC: "Some worshippers are said to be anxious about the validity of their prayers."

If you are one of those unfortunate theists, then let me assure you that you are indeed going to Hell! Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of your god as you quite clearly did not perform your sacred duties!

Further clarification can be seen in this helpful website below. :-)
http://www.al-islam.org/laws/invalidate.html

Shame. Looks like they have been wasting their time praying... oh the irony!

Offering prayers

So soon after writing a post about how I dealt with the question of death and my father. My mother is ill and mortality rears its head once more. :-(
I have had genuine prayers offered for my mum to get well soon and I really do appreciate their thoughts and concerns. (As I've said, the vast majority of christians are a nice bunch!) Some christians haven't mentioned that they will pray but have offered their best wishes and thoughts. I wonder if they are worried how I would react when offered a prayer. Trust me, I would NEVER scornfully dismiss it or criticise a well meant wish.
I see it as a genuine wish for something good to happen. I wish for good things to happen! It's human nature to want to see good things happen.
Being a atheist, I will not be praying for any reversal of the condition. I have the knowledge that science will alleviate most of the pain and that modern medicine will offer the best chance my mum has. Sadly, in some people's eyes that may seem rather callous - but if that's what they think then I seriously doubt they would understand why I would pity THEM.