Seriously. . .
The Govenor of Texas, Rick (Jimmy Bobby) Perry, has proclaimed an official state wide 3 days of prayer for rain in Texas to put out the wild fires. Texas is a very big state as you know so with that kind of power behind a prayer it ought to work, right?
And yet. . .
There is not one shred of evidence that prayer works. This after numerous controlled experiments. I know, I know, I know. . . I just keep ruining the whole magical prayer thing with this fact. Notice how people actually LOVE controlled experiments when it makes for neater gizmos like air conditioning or iPhones but choose to NOT like controlled experiments when it gets in the way of believing in magic. Typical cherry picking
But let's assume that prayer does send a message to a super being. Why does more people praying help? Why three days? Why not 4 or 2? Why not pray for the wisdom to provide more money and fire equipment for your apparently outmatched fire department? To pray like this, to ask for rain from a perhaps benevolent creator is really weird to me. What then if it doesn't rain? What do you conclude? Prayers didn't get through? You and your whole stupid state are not worthy? God has a plan but you're not part of it?
I know of people praying for cures for the sick and dying. Those aren't answered either and still the praying goes on.
What a fucking waste of time. Maybe the great apes evolved from us instead of the other way round. You don't see them wasting their time like this. Oh wait, that would bring up the whole evolution thing and that's not allowed in Texas either.
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1 comment:
Great post. I laughed yesterday at the woman whose house was destroyed in the St. Louis tornado. She said God was watching over them. That means that God said a big fuck you to the 30 plus people who died in tornadoes across the southeast over the past few weeks, many of whom I presume were praying Christians living in the Bible belt who were praying their asses off! Also, the St. Louis chick ignores the point that God saw fit to destroy their whole fucking neighborhood. But I forget: God works in mysterious ways!
Rich P
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