I treat everyone differently according to their own attitudes or comments. Genuine attitudes are treated with respect, while condescending attitudes are treated with sarcasm and disdain. If someone says "I'll pray for you" in a way that is obviously meant to be condescending or belittling, I would reply with something like "And I'll think for you" or I'll go into critical thinking mode and point out all the ways that any expected result from "praying for me" would actually violate free will.
(As if "praying for me" will make God all of a sudden force me to believe) If Someone says "I'll pray for you" in a way that comes off as genuine or otherwise respectful, I'll just simply say thanks. I don't really initiate conversations about religion in real life because it often leads to hurt feelings and lost friends or tension/separation within the family. And I only discuss and/or debate religion on the internet when and where it is appropriate.
Most of my christian friends are quite intelligent and enjoyable to socialize with. But since we disagree on our religious beliefs, we choose not to discuss these beliefs. Works well.
We all should try that here.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.