Hope Obama calls for effective prayer for Ted. As avowed Christian this a time to call on the Lord

[Sensitivity]

I know this "prayers are with you" stuff is usually just ceremonial, but maybe
there are a few righteous folk who actually get their prayers heard.

[Waya]

1. Prayer can't hurt.......

..............not a praying person myself (at least not in the conventional sense) - but whatever works, go for it!!!

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[bicentennial_baby]

3. STFU troll

[sniffa]

8. Which former DUer do you think it is?

[OnTheRadio]

18. Mcclurkin? lol

[Waya]

4. HUH?

[dorkulon]

5. Oh come on.

Have a little human decency for God's sake.

[Sensitivity]

9. If there is a right-winger who gets prayers answered, I support appeasement for the health of Teddy

[Kittycat]

11. Enjoy your stay - while it lasts.

[cali]

17. really inappropriate. Teddy Kennedy means a whole lot to most

DUers. You're not going to last long here (again) with cracks like that one.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

20. May i suggest that you follow a rather nice quote, atleast in situations like this

'If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all'

[patrice]

6. I don't consider myself in any position to "get (my) prayers heard" but I do remember

our sweet Rabboni, in whom ALL of us reside.

[Ino]

7. What's "effective prayer"?

Normal prayers are "ineffective"?

[Sensitivity]

12. Not the pro-forma mumbo jumbo done for appearances.

[MonkeyFunk]

37. But please describe

"effective prayer".

Examples would help.

[patrice]

16. Truly honest and self-aware. FREE from lies and dependencies of any kind.

Free from quid-pro-quo, free from the need for rewards, free from false gods, free from ignorance, free from fear, and yes, eventually, even free from the need to be "free".

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

10. didnt take your meds? you using religion for YOUR agenda, eh

more nasty bandwith wasting crap posts.

[Sensitivity]

13. Sorry the idea of effective prayer offends you.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

14. NO -YOUR CALL FOR A POLITICIAN TO ACT AS A RELIGIOUS FIGURE OFFENDS ME

Separation of church and state.

[Sensitivity]

15. He is in a position to reach-out to many more people around the world than I am -- some of whom

may have a more effective spirtitual practice that you or I.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

19. Funny you don't suggest the Speaker of the House lead us all in prayer

Why not call on Nancy Pelosi to lead the House in Prayer on CSPAN?
At this time she holds a position of greater political power.

Perhaps she can introduce a bill for congress to all pray on national tv and
in their home states, just to fulfil your prayer request.

Because its an insane idea. Its a perversion of religion.

These are politicians, elected government officials - not religious leader.

Separation of Church and State protect the freedom of religion,
and protect us from having Kings and Queens who dictate their religion to us.

[newmajority]

21. Is this really the time and place to argue the church/state thing?

Pray for Senator Kennedy, in whatever way you feel comfortable doing so. Or don't. But why criticize the way anybody else does?

And that's directed at both of you, from this recovered Baptist who would rather be in a sweatlodge than a church these days.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. the OP is calling upon OBAMA, not us - to lead the nation in prayer

as if we need more George Bush like hijacking of religion.

[Occam Bandage]

30. It just looks to me like a hope Obama will pray quietly for TK. I'm sure he will.

Edit: Never mind, the later comments by OP are ridiculous.

[AspenRose]

23. Sensitivity....a little bit of advice

Vocal Christians are eaten for breakfast here on the DU. It's like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Please consider reposting your prayer request to the Progressive Christians group instead.

Just a suggestion (from another Christian).

And if you would like to make it an ecumenical all-faiths prayer (which I think is the better idea) you can go to the spirituality forum.

[RainDog]

27. don't sully yourself by equating this post with christian charity

another post by this same person made unattributed quotes to "some ppl" talking about Obama winning the "lazy African American" vote.

no Christian I know would never wanted to be associated with such a person.

no, this is fake concern. this is simply a lame attempt to try somehow find fault with Obama. I wouldn't even post on this thread except I know you are a decent person and I wouldn't want you to be taken in by this false piousness.

[Sensitivity]

35. You are mistaken. But, thankfully it looks like Teddy will be rec.overing

[niyad]

24. you know, not everyone on these boards is xian, and not everyone recognizes the lord

as the one to whom supplications are directed. unintentional as it may have been, your post is exclusionary and annoying.

[dorkulon]

26. Please. I'm an atheist and this is a totally harmless expression of concern.

Prayer is bunk, no doubt, but if it makes these people feel better in their powerlessness to help Senator Kennedy, why would you stop them? DU is not a government institution; people can pray here. If they couldn't then that would be exclusionary.

[Occam Bandage]

29. A hint for effective atheism:

You get angry when people barge in on your life and start jabbering about God. You recognize that those people do not help their cause.

Now, how do you think people feel when they're talking to other religious people, and you barge in and start jabbering about how you don't believe in what they saying?

If you come across people talking about religion, just move along. Recognition in the enormous improbability (and logical superfluity) of God by no means requires you to be a cock.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

32. Wait a damned minute

the OP is hoping that Obama will publicly pray for Ted Kennedy. You do not find this to be annoying in any way? For me it is telling him to pray to the Christian god to prove he is not a Islamic terrorist....

That is what I got from the post.

That it is a way to drag religion even deeper into our political system.

[FrenchieCat]

25. I'm praying.....

Oh please, Uncle Teddy, please be well! :cry:

[BlooInBloo]

28. Am I missing something, or is this a Prove-You're-Not-Muslim thread?

[Sensitivity]

34. Devout Muslims pray 5 times a day

[Kool Kitty]

36. That's how I read this, too-

unfortunately. Or maybe I'm just a suspicious bitch. Maybe both. ;)

[QueenOfCalifornia]

31. My thoughts

I hope that Obama does nothing of the sort.

I have seen religion as it wraps itself in our flag and it is ugly.

You want to pray?

Fine. Pray to your imaginary friend.

I would be more tolerant of your religion if it wasn't responsible for keeping a bunch of crooks in the WH.

Also, the thing in your OP, about a few righteous folk having their prayers heard? That is delusional.

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[MonkeyFunk]

38. I hope he doesn't

anybody who calls for "effective prayer" would show themselves to be utterly ignorant.

[Hoof Hearted]

39. If Ted needs righteous folk, Obama aint gonna get it.

Before the Obamamessiah, this kind of thread would have been rolled in scorn and fried in disdain.

[blitzen]

40. Actually, he said, "thoughts," not "prayers"....so just STFU