AFP: Tired of paying through the nose, Americans try praying at the pump
The half-dozen activists -- Twyman, a former Miss Washington DC, the owner of a small construction company and two volunteers at a local soup kitchen -- joined hands, bowed their heads and intoned a heartfelt prayer."Lord, come down in a mighty way and strengthen us so that we can bring down these high gas prices," Twyman said to a chorus of "amens"."Prayer is the answer to every problem in life... We call on God to intervene in the lives of the selfish, greedy people who are keeping these prices high," Twyman said on the gas station forecourt in a neighborhood of Washington that, like many of its residents, has seen better days."Lord, the prices at this pump have gone up since last week. We know that you are able, that you have all the power in the world," he prayed, before former beauty queen Rashida Jolley led the group in a modified version of the spiritual, "We Shall Overcome"."We'll have lower gas prices, we'll have lower gas prices..." they sang.
The half-dozen activists -- Twyman, a former Miss Washington DC, the owner of a small construction company and two volunteers at a local soup kitchen -- joined hands, bowed their heads and intoned a heartfelt prayer.
"Lord, come down in a mighty way and strengthen us so that we can bring down these high gas prices," Twyman said to a chorus of "amens".
"Prayer is the answer to every problem in life... We call on God to intervene in the lives of the selfish, greedy people who are keeping these prices high," Twyman said on the gas station forecourt in a neighborhood of Washington that, like many of its residents, has seen better days.
"Lord, the prices at this pump have gone up since last week. We know that you are able, that you have all the power in the world," he prayed, before former beauty queen Rashida Jolley led the group in a modified version of the spiritual, "We Shall Overcome".
"We'll have lower gas prices, we'll have lower gas prices..." they sang.
But that's my elitist opinion. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Nobody, of course, questions whether the Magical Space Daddy was sending Sonny a message with that, though. When good things happen, all glory goes to God. When bad things happen, it's the Lawd's will, for he is "testing" us.
Or something. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
With gas prices the situation gets more complicated. Presumably Ahaminajad, Putin, and Tillerson are all praying for higher gas prices, so God has to decide which of these prayers to listen to...
he with the strongest thought-form wins...
call on godde to turbo your desire, multiverse as giant amplifier of will allocation. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
It certainly must work... either this or it has a very important symbolic relevance :)
A pelasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
