Slog - Comments on Praying Away the Pain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain And not just any pain, my favorite of them all: pain at the pump! From the Associated Press: Two prayer services will be held at St. Louis gas stations to thank God for lower fuel prices and to ask that they continue to drop. Darrell Alexander, Midwest co-chair of the Pray at the Pump movement, says prayer gatherings will be held Monday afternoon and evening at a Mobil station west of downtown St. Louis. Participants say they plan to buy gas, pray and then sing "We Shall Overcome" with a new verse, "We'll have lower gas prices." An activist... Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:29:16 -0800 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:49:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew Why cann't someone drop a few hundred nukes on the red states? PLEASE!!!!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084177 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:32:05 -0800 Comment by Hartiepie What wimps. Why don't they pray that their cars will run on air?? Or better yet, that mind-transport will take over...

]]> Hartiepie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084185 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:33:34 -0800 Comment by Jen Between my prayers for the victims of the recent bombings in Iraq, India and Turkey, I just haven't had time to pray for lower gas prices.

Thank goodness someone stepped up to the plate.

]]> Jen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084186 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:34:01 -0800 Comment by Lobot Ridiculous, selfish bastards.

]]> Lobot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084191 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:36:38 -0800 Comment by Greg I pray that my car will be powered by the infinite love of Christ Jesus.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084194 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:38:43 -0800 Comment by Just Me I prayed for everyone to have an abortion and to force us all to gay marry.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084227 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:47:27 -0800 Comment by rb Aw, David, god bless ya, my day would be far less interesting and humorous without your posts.

]]> rb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084229 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:47:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf While he's at it, maybe he can do a little something for my 401k. It's been a little stinky lately.

I'm not an expert, but isn't praying for money kind of against the playbook?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084230 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:47:54 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
It's Obama's fault.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084244 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:51:06 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Mammon, thy followers are legion - and come wearing the cloak of the pious, yet they are the moneychangers at the Temple.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084267 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:55:42 -0800 Comment by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver Is this Christianity or animism? I'm beginning to wonder if we've become a nation of cargo cultists.

]]> The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084269 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:56:23 -0800 Comment by JimK The reason it's not working any faster is because at the exact same time, somewhere in a board room in Texas there is a group of people holding hands and singing, "We shall over-charge..."

]]> JimK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084272 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:57:12 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Thank you for that, JimK.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084305 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:04:24 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo "And while all there agreed there was only enough oil in the tank to provide for one hundred miles of driving, yet did God's Petrochemical Bounty spill forth from the heavenly derricks on high in answer to their prayers, and all were amazed as the consecrated vehicle did drive a full eight hundred miles before requiring a re-fueling. And there was great rejoicing."

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084353 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084353 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:15:42 -0800 Comment by Astro People are so fucking stupid.

]]> Astro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084448 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084448 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:59 -0800 Comment by Eric Arrr I tried to explain to them how over in India & China, they have to ride on mopeds instead of in SUV's.

And they said it's just too bad, but that's what happens in countries where everybody's always a-prayin' to the wrong gods.

]]> Eric Arrr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084482 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:51:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Maybe if gas wasn't subsidized so it was $2 a gallon in the Phillipines and Malaysia and China, this wouldn't be a problem ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/praying_away_the_pain#c1084813 Religion Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:49:44 -0800