Prayer isn't about what we want!

[Undesired Walrus]

It's about reaching a spiritual understanding of God!

Or so several in this subforum have stressed in recent weeks and months.

50 religous leaders from Israel fly around trying to ward off the Swine Flu with prayer. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8196807.stm?ls)

Comical.

[amb]

Fundamentalists of all religions and persuasions are hilarious to watch and listen to.

[Cainkane1]

It's about reaching a spiritual understanding of God!

Or so several in this subforum have stressed in recent weeks and months.

50 religous leaders from Israel fly around trying to ward off the Swine Flu with prayer. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8196807.stm?ls)

Comical.
Somehow this makes me sad.

[amb]

What? You thought there were no fundamental Jews?

[Myriad]

If they can actually fly around, it's worth a try isn't it?

Oh, wait... an airplane. Never mind.

Respectfully,
Myriad

[Lanzy]

Of course its about what we want, Tammy Fay once said if you pray for a Winnebago, make sure you tell god which color.

[Ralph]

The rabbi chanting into the telephone........is that the hot line to god?

[amb]

The rabbi chanting into the telephone........is that the hot line to god?

No! he's on the line to god's servant the pope. He has the direct line to the lard.:p It's sorta like a switchboard, the vatican. The pope will probably place him on hold until Moses is free to take the call which will then, depending on the urgency be directed to god. :D

[quixotecoyote]

I think this is the first thing on JREF that's made me literally laugh out loud in months.

A bunch of kooks in an airplane cabin trying to work divine magic through blowing horns and chanting.

Hi-lar-ious

[amb]

Those same kooks will think nothing of cutting a baby boys foreskin without anesthetic.
And for religious reasons.
The same is done in the muslim world to baby girls. All in the name of religion. Laughable, but true.

[Undesired Walrus]

The airplane isn't the greatest place to avoid a contagious disease.

[thatguywhojuggles]

The rabbi chanting into the telephone........is that the hot line to god?

I think that phone was actually the device used by the staff on the airplane to make announcements. I think he just wanted to be louder than all the other wizards.

[Ralph]

I think that phone was actually the device used by the staff on the airplane to make announcements. I think he just wanted to be louder than all the other wizards.

Seeing how god seems to follow the "squeaky wheel gets the grease" principle......

I guess this makes perfect sense.

[amb]

Moses climbed a mountain to talk to god. These kooks thought they would better that by going a lot higher and hence closer to god. The lard is bound to hear from so high up and therefore closer to heaven. :p

[Beerina]

Moses climbed a mountain to talk to god. These kooks thought they would better that by going a lot higher and hence closer to god. The lard is bound to hear from so high up and therefore closer to heaven. :p

Interesting choice of words. I concur!

[amb]

Do you think praying to a jar full of lard would not be as effective as praying to a phantom?

[AdinDraco]

Hey, you can "tweet" prayers to the wailing wall: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/5759067/tweeting-god-twitter-hits-the-wailing-wall/

Or alternatively, you can go to prayer clinic in New Zealand for your medical needs, although while they say that God fixes you, you must keep up your regular medical care.... http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/2746441/Faith-healers-attack-cancer-with-prayer

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to write a post-it for the transcendental universe-creating fairies...

[amb]

Why are these kooks allowed to practice in NZ? Where's the police while this crap is going on? If anything like here, they're probably hiding behind trees with a speed gun hoping to catch the poor sucker doing 5KM over the limit.

[AdinDraco]

Why are these kooks allowed to practice in NZ? Where's the police while this crap is going on? If anything like here, they're probably hiding behind trees with a speed gun hoping to catch the poor sucker doing 5KM over the limit.

Probably because they tell the clients to keep using regular medicine, therefore can't be accused of actual harm (great scam...like the magic weight-loss fads that include as a qualifer "with a balanced diet and regular exercise" in smaller print). Could you imagine the hassle if the authorities tried to tell some group or other that they couldn't practise their religion without undeniable clear-and-present harm. When parents are out-right killing their kids with their woo, what pollie is going to stick his/her neck out on this apparently (for now) trivial cr*p......(sigh) (bitter much?)

[xXMoshtradamusXx]

Oh wow...
Man and people tell me my music is bad...
How could God stand that noise?
That's a far better question than what they were thinking. lol

[amb]

The poor deluded fools who naively believe in the power of prayer have more than abundance evidence in front of them. They just refuse to see reality.
If prayer worked, there would be no need for doctors and hospitals. Break a leg, a prayer ought to fix it, get cancer? no problem, just say ten hail Marys, that will rid you of that ailment. :D