Slog - Comments on Notes From the Prayer Warrior http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39 Several hours behind Charles, and several degrees more reverent, the Prayer Warrior sends out his take on the Chapman incident. Thursday, 22 May 2008 Please pray for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family. If you have not heard, he lost his daughter in an accident produced by the actions of his son. Please pray for strength, comfort and understanding. Pastor Hutch... Copyright 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:40 -0800 Sat, 24 May 2008 16:27:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DaiBando "Produced by the actions of his son?" Sounds like Charles may be on to something if even the Hutch is heading that way...

]]> DaiBando http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030189 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:08:55 -0800 Comment by Joe M "Produced by the actions of his son."

Isn't that just a euphemism for... MURDER???

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030190 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:09:56 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe "Justice must be served. Dear Lord, father God in Heaven, please find it in your will to cripple this family and send this son to jail so that I may somehow find a way to merge homosexuality into this equation."

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030191 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:14 -0800 Comment by Joe M damn, the internet IS a race, and I just lost again.

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030192 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:27 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Not God's will?

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030193 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:53 -0800 Comment by Non Pushing Chaz's post (and drama comments)

lol

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030194 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:12:26 -0800 Comment by jean genie Shame on you.
This was an accident that has a very sad and tragic result.
To imply it was intentional, just because you don't like christians, is idiotic.
What the fuck?

]]> jean genie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030199 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:16:13 -0800 Comment by elenchos I like what Charles said better.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030201 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:17:18 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba This is a lovely follow-up. It shows that Charles is truly irreverent, not just posing. He is so refreshing.

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030211 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:23:15 -0800 Comment by QuimbyMcF Paging Paul Constant...looks like we have a sequel in the works...

]]> QuimbyMcF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030215 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:27:25 -0800 Comment by DaiBando @2, great minds...

]]> DaiBando http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030217 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030217 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:28:43 -0800 Comment by tiffany @ 7

agreed

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030219 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:32:52 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe If it were the 5-year-old daughter running over the son, everybody would be laughing.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030222 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:34:16 -0800 Comment by COMTE Exactly, @5. Why is it that only the GOOD things that happen to Xtians, or conversely, the BAD things that happen to Godless infidels, are considered "God's will", but everything else that happens is the responsibility of individuals?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030224 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:35:11 -0800 Comment by beezlebub @14 - Where's the Prince of Darkness in this equation? I have to believe the Mighty Lucifer hates xian music as much as the rest of us. Well, besides #7 and #12.

]]> beezlebub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030232 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:43:18 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage At least Hutch didn't describe the girl as an "adopted daughter." Adoption is an event in a child's life, it is not a state in which the child exists throughout his or her life.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030237 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:44:43 -0800 Comment by Cat in Chicago White perpetrator + non-white victim = *yawn*

People only get upset when it's the other way around.

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030246 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:51:07 -0800 Comment by Non That's deep, Dan.


let him go. now is your chance - replace him with somebody with more to offer your paper and the readership

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030252 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:52:17 -0800 Comment by inkweary "accident produced by the actions of" What kind of grammar is that?

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030266 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:59:31 -0800 Comment by dawicksta I am not in any way, shape or form endorsing any Christian's anti-gay fear or the stupid things they say; but enough. Seriously. For all we know his child could've been a lesbian, have grown up to have a best friend who is gay or lesbian, or be the one standing by one of her siblings when they get around to coming out to dear old Dad (to post just a few scenarios). I've seen it happen - and wake up calls come to some to people in funny ways, sometimes very late in the game. I worked with a family who in their ministry, sad to say, would publicly demean gay and lesbians, and after their son came out to them, and they had people support them and work through their fears with them, are now some of the biggest supporters of PFLAG and speak to groups about their regret in their fear. More hatred doesn't breed hope, and certainly not in the wake of a child's tragic death. Even if you don't grieve with or for the family, and have great reasons for resenting this family, please stop yourself from saying one more stupid thing that just makes you sound like a total asshole.

]]> dawicksta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030290 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030290 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:17:59 -0800 Comment by Spoogie But I am a total asshole.

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030310 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:36:41 -0800 Comment by Bub Is Eli on the Prayer Warriors mailing list?

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030312 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:40:28 -0800 Comment by pox If one posits the existence of an all-knowing and all-powerful entity, one must accept that nothing happens without that entity's consent and approval. In other words, every event is according to the will of that entity. In still other words, God wanted that child dead.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030316 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:48:49 -0800 Comment by dawicksta @ 21 - Actually - you're probably not an asshole at all; you're probably someone I'd like very much who has had enough of the damage the Christian right can do in this country in the name of a loving God; and I get that - fair enough. I've just been with a family today who's child is dying and I can't do anything to help them and logged on to laugh about things like being able to personalize your condoms with your own picture, and was sucked in by this story. I can't find a reason to celebrate a any child's death, particularly right now, and randomly vented to the great Slog void. My bad.

]]> dawicksta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030347 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030347 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:14:20 -0800 Comment by MNG This post and the one earlier by Mr. Mudede are almost as classy as fundies laughing at Ted Kennedy's diagnosis. Almost.

]]> MNG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030359 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:24:52 -0800 Comment by Ryno @23, you're quite the philosopher/theologian. Did you write that down in your Lisa Frank notebook during study hall?

]]> Ryno http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030390 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:41:37 -0800 Comment by pox #26, you're quite the snarky wit. You win. You totally burned me. I wish I were you.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030411 2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 17:03:41 -0800 Comment by ellarosa 25, i the earlier post was an offense and an abomination. this doesn't hold a candle to that.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1030583 2008 Fri, 23 May 2008 08:20:24 -0800 Comment by feom @ 1, 2, 19: One of his teenage sons accidently hit his now-deceased daughter with a vehicle. If people aren't careful, this could happen to anyone. His daughter wasn't very old, like 6 or something, and sadly many deaths in this set happen this way.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=58368

]]> feom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1032098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/notes_from_the_prayer_warrior_39#c1032098 2008 Sat, 24 May 2008 16:27:18 -0800