Kansas Town Installs Phone Prayer Booths, So Residents Can ‘Call God Whenever They Need’

[ashling]

http://topekasnews.com/kansas-town-installs-phone-prayer-booths-residents-can-call-god-whenever-need/

Kansas City, KS – Kansas City resident Michelle Ioda woke up early this Sunday morning. As she does on most Sundays, Michelle plans to make the morning worship service at her local church. But this Sunday, she rose a little early so she could visit a nearby prayer booth recently installed by her city council.

“The Chiefs are playing the Broncos. I forgot to go pray last Monday and for all I know, that is why [Peyton] Manning’s ankle MRI came back negative. If I had prayed, maybe God would have sprained it a little more and he would be out this week.”

Ioda’s belief in the power of prayer is fervent and mirrors many of her neighbors, she said. Since the booths were put in throughout town several months ago, Kansas City data tracking confirms that on average, the prayer booths receive over 100,000 callers per week.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. Obvious question:

Who's on the other end?

[tk2kewl]

8. Or...

"What's the Matter with Kansas?"

[csziggy]

17. My question is: How much does it cost to call God?

Second: WHY?

[rurallib]

2. installed by the city council?

geez - that smells.

BTW are they collect calls or does the pray-er have to pay?

[pscot]

3. You have reached god

but she can't come to the phone right now. At the sound of the Trump, please leave you're prayer and god will get back to you as soon as she is free.

[Cadfael]

4. ???

Where do I start? It's appropriate to pray for injuries to be serious for professional athletes (not on your favorite team of course)??

This is just all kinds of wrong!!

[joeybee12]

10. I know...what a sick so-and-so...nt

[MuseRider]

5. Really? REALLY?

[struggle4progress]

6. This guy covers amazing stories that nobody else will touch!

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[petronius]

12. He does indeed! Don't know how the feeble MSM has missed

all these critical topics.

And frankly, I think we should be talking about breed-specific restrictions on those dirds - otherwise we'll have giant pitgles (pitbull- harpy eagles) carrying away our children...

[LeftofObama]

7. Holy crap!

[Wounded Bear]

9. ...and the operator said thirty cents more...

for the next three minutes....

-apologies to Jim Coce

[KamaAina]

11. I'm pretty sure this is an art installation

Please let it be an art installation...

[benld74]

13. Best comment under the newspaper article below,,,,,

"Since their inception and installation in inner-city testing areas several years ago, crime in the area has decreased in near proportionate manner to the number of people using the prayer booths."

So the Christians who had been committing crimes are now so busy praying that they are committing fewer crimes?

[RKP5637]

14. Kansas, escape while one can, before they seal the escape hatches from Brownbackistan! n/t

[steve2470]

15. The Popular Story of the Kansas City Prayer Booths Is False, But the Brilliant Artist Behind the....

The Popular Story of the Kansas City Prayer Booths Is False, But the Brilliant Artist Behind the Booth is Genuine

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/12/05/the-popular-story-of-the-kansas-city-prayer-booths-is-false-but-the-brilliant-artist-behind-the-booth-is-genuine/

[LiberalElite]

16. Thank God!

[madrchsod]

18. hell you do`t need a phone booth...jesus is on the mainline!