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Big Les
24th April 2009, 03:44 PM
Out for a drive the other day, I spotted this banner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertorocco/3430072644/), and couldn't help laughing. I suppose it makes an interesting counterpoint to the atheist bus ads. Smacks of desperation though.

Turns out there's a website (http://www.trypraying.org/). It's lots of fun, especially the "TryFacts" section. Some mental backflips going on there - this page (http://www.drypoolparish.org.uk/trypraying/TJMp51) in particular.

It's an interesting marketing approach, when you consider that when the "agnostics" it's aimed at (http://www.prayforscotland.org.uk/?p=463) "try praying", there's a fairly high chance that precisely sod all will happen. Not, you might think, the best advertisement for what they're selling.

Dwindling congregation? Try Praying!
Hokulele
24th April 2009, 03:52 PM
Good grief. That site looks like it could have been written by DOC.
Safe-Keeper
24th April 2009, 04:01 PM
I've prayed sincerely three times in my life. Didn't have an effect either time.
Blackadder
24th April 2009, 04:26 PM
been there, done that. I don't fancy another ride.
slingblade
24th April 2009, 06:37 PM
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer.
Harpyja
24th April 2009, 07:06 PM
I get down on my knees, I wanna take you there. ;)
Mel Odious
24th April 2009, 10:55 PM
My prayer to God is a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies most ridiculous!" God has granted it.

- Voltaire

Common People do not pray; they only beg.

- Shaw
MetalSeagull
24th April 2009, 11:14 PM
What horrible font. Looks like a misspelling. Trepanning? Taxpaying?
Lucian
24th April 2009, 11:23 PM
On the right side of the horrible lavender "Did You Know" box, there is a footnote notation after "One in three people believe God will answer their prayers," but I do not see an actual footnote anywhere. Am I missing something?
Big Les
25th April 2009, 09:45 AM
They've buggered up the footnote - what they mean to refer to is this 2007 survey (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7089139.stm), and according to the BBC,

One in three adults agreed with the statement "there is a God who watches over me and answers my prayer", according to the survey.
Cainkane1
25th April 2009, 10:09 AM
"Fall down on your knees and pray boy; and you better pray real good". James Dickey Deliverance 1972.
Ducky
25th April 2009, 02:19 PM
I was in a brief conversation the other day with someone who, to my surprise, uttered the following statement:

"Have you asked Jesus to cure your cancer?"

I was surprised by this not because they were talking about me praying to cure my cancer, but because I had not talked with them about my illness, it was not part of the conversation and was not their business to be asking about in the company and setting we were in.

My response was as follows:

"Have you considered surgery to remove the penis from your forehead? When you realize why that question is not only inappropriate but completely insulting you'll understand why I don't answer your question."
The Central Scrutinizer
26th April 2009, 05:00 PM
I prayed that Heidi Klum would make dinner for me tonight. It didn't work. :(
ZeeZero
26th April 2009, 05:04 PM
The banner may as well say 'Do Nothing'.
Twiler
26th April 2009, 05:09 PM
The banner may as well say 'Do Nothing'.

The goggles try praying?
RedSeaRoadkill
27th April 2009, 01:39 PM
To steal a faux slogan from homeopathy: "Nothing works as well as prayer"

(For old-SNL fans: "You can't put too much water in a nuclear reactor")
Roadtoad
27th April 2009, 05:30 PM
Let's see: Prayer hasn't worked for Enan Smith.

Prayer hasn't worked for Ducky.

It hasn't even worked for me.

What's wrong with this picture?
Third Eye Open
27th April 2009, 05:36 PM
To paraphrase:

I'll take the help of one pair of hard working hands over a million folded in prayer any day.
boloboffin
27th April 2009, 06:10 PM
Maybe it should just say CALM DOWN.

DON'T PANIC would be another good phrase.
Delvo
27th April 2009, 09:22 PM
I think prayer and the alternative were both tested for comparison pretty well recently with a couple of crashing passenger jets.
slingblade
27th April 2009, 11:41 PM
DON'T PANIC would be another good phrase.

You have inspired me in an excellent idea! THANK YOU!

(no, I can't tell right now; it's about making money. But I promise, Boff, you will be the very first to know. :D)
Agatha
28th April 2009, 02:44 AM
Maybe it should just say CALM DOWN.

DON'T PANIC would be another good phrase.

Or:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/rosysparkle/poster.jpg
Big Les
28th April 2009, 03:13 PM
Those posters have made a big comeback - high time too IMO!
godless dave
28th April 2009, 03:14 PM
DON'T PANIC would be another good phrase.


In large, friendly letters.
Elizabeth I
28th April 2009, 08:34 PM
Maybe it should just say CALM DOWN.

DON'T PANIC would be another good phrase.

That was FedEx's tagline for a while - they even made buttons with the phrase on them.