D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. Christian group has grown tired of escalating gasoline prices and is set to stage a national prayer rally to lower the numbers at the pumps.

Various Christian clergy from around the country will convene around a Washington, D.C., gas station Thursday at noon to pray. For those who can't attend, a live Internet site and toll-free prayer line have been established.

In a release, the Pray Live group said many people are "overlooking the power of prayer when it comes to resolving this energy crisis."

Apart from sending a message to God, the rally had a message for humanity, said Wenda Royster, the group's founder.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060426-114223-5447r

[thereismore]

1. Good Lord, they are praying for gas prices? Where were they

when * started pounding Baghdad into the ground?

[Bluzmann57]

2. Well hell, if it works, maybe I'll pray

But something tells me that it may not work. Lol

[LSparkle]

3. I dunno about this

There are SO many more issues that we should be praying about -- like not NUKING Iran, for example.

[Selatius]

4. Does greed yield to God? Did it yield to Jesus 2000 years ago? n/t

[Mythsaje]

5. ROFL

Oh, yeah...that'll accomplish something.

Maybe some prophet will come along and turn water into gasoline.

Sheesh.

[depakid]

32. Just wait

until prices really start to rise. These types will lamenting the God has foresaken them....

[scarlet_owl]

6. I'm all for prayer and everything, but this is silly.

I can't believe that they think this is going to work. :crazy:

Edited for smiley.

[TexasLawyer]

20. Hey-- God answers all prayers

Except sometimes His answer is NO!

[prolesunited]

7. I can see it now

They'll be kneeling in front of the pumps as if they worshipped gas. What a picture that will make.

[Orrex]

8. Seeking a Divine Gas Pass, perhaps?

I love it!

[meow2u3]

41. ROTFLMAO!!

Divine gas pass :rofl:

The sacred fart of energy.....who'd have thunk it?

[Lance_Boyle]

9. dear gawds.

let's throw a couple of virgins in a volcano, too, while we're at it.

Dumbasses.

[DrBloodmoney]

10. May the force be with them n/t

[PA Democrat]

11. People are dying all over the world from violence, starvation, and

preventable diseases, but I'm *sure* God will give top priority to prayers for lower gas prices so these "Christians" can fill up their tanks more economically.

[htuttle]

12. Cargo Cult: The Sequel

[Skip Intro]

13. Why not pray for the poor, needy, homeless, those lacking medical care

i wonder if they'll show up in suvs???

[havocmom]

14. How 'bout praying for sane leadership & alternative energy

that is clean & renewable.

Praying for same ol same ol gets us nowhere

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

15. By all means, pray for those fossil fuel prices...

Oh wait, dinosaurs didn't exist and the earth is only 6000 years old.:crazy:

[tom_servo]

16. Are you sure this isn't an Onion article?

"overlooking the power of prayer when it comes to resolving this energy crisis."

Come on, that could come directly from the head of an Onion author.

[truthisfreedom]

17. it would be easy to lower gas prices. all we'd have to do as a nation is

unify for a few weeks and absolutely boycott just ONE oil company's products. that would force their prices down, and everyone would be forced to follow suit when we suddenly went to buying from them exclusively. we'd wait until their price hit 1.309, and then boycott all the others.

simple fix, really. but getting Americans to do anything requring discipline is like herding cats.

[TexasLawyer]

18. A prayer to the "Big Guy" just might work!

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/04/14/leeraymond_narrowweb__300x336,0.jpg

[phantom power]

19. Maybe God will help them by suggesting they drive less?

Or stop buying SUVs?
Or writing their congressmen to increase CAFE standards?
Or restore the railroad systems?

[Drum]

29. And maybe God will say "Sure,

you can have cheaper gas, but I'm taking back all the rubber from your tires and restoring it to the rubber trees from whence it came."

Gulp, what then??
(I'm with you: revive the railroads!)

[Ian David]

21. How about praying for lower global temperatures instead?

Dear Jee-zuss...

I can barely afford to put gas in my Hummer H2 that I drive to Church every Sunday and to rallies to keep homo-sex-yew-alls from gettin' married...

Please, I beg you... kill more Dinosaurs. Or make the Muslim infidels give us the oil that as White American Christians belongs to us.

Hear not the prayers of the poor or starving or sick or lame or the cries of those we have bombed into pieces...

Hear us instead...

For I can drive my Hummer through the eye of needle, and I will be welcome by your side in this next world, because I hate everyone my president does.

Amen.

PS: Please drown another city full of poor Black Democrats before November.

[Terran1212]

22. Do we now literally worship Oil?

We pray around it, try to get as much of it as we can, kill for it...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. I'm not a violent person.

Why is it that I want to smack these ignorant people?
Isn't there some other way to make them realize that it's time for people to stop asking god to fix their screw-ups?

[Betty]

24. Yes, Jesus will help us!!!!

praise the Lord.

[tularetom]

25. Boy if I were god, I'd have a lot to say to these a-holes

"You fucked up this perfectly good earth I created, now you come whining to me to make it easier for you to fuck it up even more. Well, you can just shove it up your ass you ignorant pieces of shit. Now just go back and think about what you have done to yourselves and maybe if you give me a sign that you realize how bad you have fucked everything up, I'll do something to help you."-

(All said in deep voice with reverb turned way up)

[eppur_se_muova]

26. Pray for Impeachment! It might work, and if it doesn't, it won't hurt! nt

[PSPS]

27. And don't forget your wallets, suckers!

> a live Internet site and toll-free prayer line have been established.

I'll just bet that the "toll-free prayer line" is for those who contribute money (to help finance the minister's new hummer.) If all you want is to "pray," they'll likely have you call a toll number. That's the scheme they all use, like the 700 Club, et al.

[DanCa]

28. Dubya answers to a higher power.

Hey sure doesn't listen to Jesus Christ that's for sure.

[flvegan]

30. "Message for humanity?" Yeah, "we don't fucking care about you"

we care about gas prices. The Sudan? What? War where? Corruption? Rape? Child abuse?

Nah...let's pray for gas prices. It's all about 20 cents a gallon.

[mumon]

31. Moonie news service...

This should be in The Onion...

[Barrett808]

33. "Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?"

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

-- Janis Joplin, "Mercedes Benz"

[rooboy]

43. Quite. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

34. Is Jesus going to pump free gas for the faithful?

Or turn one gallon into 10,000 gallons of gas? Or change water into gas?

How come the extraordinary claims about Jesus don't materialize in modern times? Was it all a fairy tale?

[frylock]

35. so what happens when their praying results in higher prices?

Where's your Messiah now, Flanders?

[bee]

36. and they wonder why some atheists are so condescending.

I try very hard to be tolerant. But what do they expect when theyre acting like this? If I were a christian, Id be embarrassed.

[saltpoint]

37. I'm thinking they could just put in solar panels in their damn garages,

instead of praying for lower gas prices so the American consumer can maintain the current level of waste and thoughtless consumption.

From one angle, it's like praying for the strip joint to stay open a few more hours so more patrons may partake.

If they've gotten as far as to acknowledge that there's an energy crisis, praying to lower gas prices so that more oil is consumed isn't going to alleviate the crisis.

[Rocknrule]

38. Is this an Onion article?

While they're at it, why don't they pray for a free Xbox 360?

[Habibi]

39. This is fabulous!

We have a yellow ribbon magnet that says "Pray for cheap gas"! Who knew?

[leesa]

40. How incredibly stupid...perhaps ending your Anti-MuslimCrusade would help.

Perhaps not wasting precious fuel to go to this event would help.

[kestrel91316]

42. And did they all drive their SUVs and Hummers to the prayer vigil?

Enquiring minds want to know...........

Some days I am just SOOOOOO embarrassed to be an American.