[orionblastar]

I understand that you are still learning. I want to help you out. Not everyone in the western society is religious, some are even atheists who don't believe in God or praying. They see your words as offensive to them, even if you don't understand why.

An atheist doesn't want you to pray for them as they find it offensive. Atheists think instead of pray. They hold people in their thoughts instead of praying for them.

I know that you are trying to adapt and be respectful. That you believe praying for people is respectful. I respect your religion, but you must be careful around people in how you use your words. In the West there are a lot of different types of people to deal with and you have to learn what offends them and try to avoid it.

Just as you hold beliefs, an atheist has different beliefs. They don't believe in God or prayer, they believe in nature and the universe. They are often materialists and skeptics, who don't believe in a super natural or spiritual world. They don't see any scientific evidence for God, for example, and believe in Evolution, the Big Bang Theory, that the universe created itself, etc. You have to respect those beliefs just as much as you respect your own.

Diversity is a good thing, because it means different people think and observe in different ways and can find problems when nobody else can and fix them before they happen.