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    14 days ago

    Talking in terms of hope or wishing them luck is a good substitute. Serves the same purpose, but doesn’t carry the god baggage. It also has the extra benefit of sounding more sincere, since it’s just non-standard enough to give the impression that you actually put thought into your well-wishes without sounding seriously unusual.

    My go-to is actually variations of “I have faith in you” and then encourage them based on whichever one of their strengths is most applicable. For example: “You’re smart. I have faith that you’ll spot whatever opportunity presents itself next.”

    And of course, there is the classic atheist thing of replacing the thoughts and prayers with actual help. A lot of the instances where thoughts and prayers are actually appropriate include times where they need emotional support, which costs nothing but time and energy.