Comments on Re: Car and Driver

this really is bringing out the worst in america.

I hope they all die.

But wait, since God blesses our efforts in Irak, He therefore must want us to experience high gas prices. Perhaps it's His divine will that we all ride bicycles eventually. Yay God! At least MY prayers are coming true.

It never amazes me how stupid people are? Never.

God is nothing but a cosmic cash machine.

Given the natural disasters that have targeted the bible belt and the relative lack of said disasters in godless places like the good old NW, maybe these folks should consider that either their god despises them or that he really really likes to be left alone.
I suspect that were I omnipotent I would rather annoyed at prayers. It might be amusing every now and then. In fact I'd probably be inclined to make it so by targeting the prayers with signs of my not caring - like smiting them soundly with swift winds.
The lord is your shepard indeed - here sheepy sheepy - dinner time.

Your post could have just as easily been titled "Re: Idiocracy Redux". Seriously, this has End Times written all over it.

this reads just like an article that Stephen Glass would've fabricated before he got busted.

Next, they choose Fascism & blame Urban Elitists. Get your guns & regulate your militias. NOW.

You know what they need? It's a little book called...shhh! don't tell...The Secret.

If they had any real faith, they would be asking God to make their trucks run without gas.

Rejoice, good Christians! The Lord has given you the key to lowering gas prices! It involves trading in your SUVs, carpooling to work, and supporting funding for (and then making use of) public transit. But will you listen to Him?

Yeah, didn't think so.

This reminds me for some reason of the folks in the 19th century who'd pack suitcases and carry them up to the top of the hill and await The Rapture. It's desperation, as one worldview collapses and another one comes into view. You're not as different from these people as you think you are.

As a Christian who doesn't treat God like a big Santa Claus / ATM in the sky, I want to say to these people, "Where is your God now?!"

Am I wrong for thinking that praying for cheap gas is a kind of progress?

I don't know. It just puts cheap gas in a different category, like winning the lottery or having a flat stomach. Seven, eight years ago, cheap gas was seen as a concrete, practical goal that we could achieve in the very near future at the cost of a short and easy war in Iraq. Obviously nobody believes that nonsense like the Clinton-McCain proposals will give them cheap gas. And that's good.

Cheap gas has moved to the realm of things only God can give you, and we all know that God's reward does not come in this world.

You know, if you just traded in your SUV for a Honda Fit, you'd have doubled your gas mileage and halved your global warming emissions.

In one ... fell ... swoop.