So, did Perry's Prayer-A-Palooza work or what?

Are we saved? Is there some sort of statute of limitations on how long credit could be taken? 30 days? Maybe less? Was this a prayer for the economy or a prayer for power? What would Jesus do? Did it work? I don't know what I'm supposed be looking for? Will these people admit that these events are bogus and don't work?

Did people have to pay for this thing? That would seem hypocritical.

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/politics/prayer-event-draws-crowd-controversy

"His (God's) agenda is not a political agenda," Perry told the crowd. "His agenda is a salvation agenda. He is a wise, wise God. He is wise enough not to be affiliated with any political party. He is wise enough not to be affiliated with any man-made institution."

:puke: :puke: :puke:

If he really believed in God, he'd have been ducking for cover from the lightning headed his way after spouting that load.

Read the rest at your own risk.

I'm not against people praying or prayer at all, but I feel Perry doesn't have to be such a showboating weirdo and pray in private like it says to in the bible.

The religious right never misses an opportunity to fleece their flock.

Those sheaves aren't going to bring in themselves, you know.

:toast: :yourock:

and even being free, they got a very small number of commitments ahead of time. I think the number I heard was 6000 or 7000, but more people apparently showed up on Saturday.

Of course, that doesn't mean they won't "pay" later in one way or another.

but I'll bet dollars to donuts that they took an offering , or there was some kind of a pledge drive involved

I forgot about the "offering" and I'm sure there were plenty of venders there as well. I wonder where such an "offering" would go. Being it was a prayer event, I'd think it couldn't go to a PAC. I can't think of any legal way they could accept an offering except to pay for the actual event.

for about 1/2 hour in the middle of the night. Maybe God had bad aim?

pRick Perry must not stand in good with the Lowerd.

to Texas. All the while, Governor Dumbass will be putting on phony public displays of faith. Texas under Perry don't look to get any liquid soon, I suspect God is too upstanding to piss on Texas, or at least the place Perry lives in.

Dry weather.

I have friends in south Texas that say they've only had 1/2 inch of rain since last October.

I wonder if the state is trying to keep a lid on how dry this year has been.

He has failed. News has gotten out to other parts of the country. We are seeing photos of the devastation and watching Perry's ineffectual response. Pray that jackass Perry wins the republican nomination, so that Texas can vote blue for President for the first time since LBJ.

Other than "let us pray"?

It was basically praying for the country, lots of singing the same words over and over again for 10 minutes or so at a time. Prayers were yelled, more than spoken. I was surprised at the diversity...many Blacks and Hispanics. They said there were something like 20K rather than 8,000. Lots of empty seats. It was hot, so some may have come in to sit in the cool a/c.

the putz.

Hope it isn't something Rick Perry prayed for.

I had a few drinks tonight but not enough to be imagining that.

Now I'm afraid to go to sleep for fear I'll have nightmares with that thing in them.:rofl:

That was some strange shit. :toast:

You have to go to the Hilmar dairy fest, they have buckets of chocolate and regular milk in big ice buckets, all for free!

They had llamas and goats and other critters!

:hi:

It's only about 40 miles from here.

I'm gonna make it a point to go next year if only to see a green llama.:hi:

I need a separation of church and state bumper sticker. Seriously. And I am a Christian.

will get is a tie. Is it better to pray that no player on either team gets injured?

in various sports...never once did the team pray for victory...

sP

I, too, am a Christian - an active one - and strongly believe in the separation of church and state. I don't want religion meddling in the government any more than I want the government meddling in religious matters.

This crap from the teabaggers about not allowing naturalization of Muslims, or not allowing any more mosques to be built......essentially attempting to ban Islam from society, in essence, is, in my opinion, as un-American as it gets! Who's next? Jews? Mormons? UU? ....Very, very distressing.

Which religions will we allow to dictate their own ideas of morality to the government? No Judaism? No Muslim? No Mormon? Christianity ONLY? That's what Perry basically said yesterday!

OK - rant over ------ for now, anyway.

Thanks for your input, but I am not electing a national pastor - I am voting for the person who will be responsible for leading ALL Americans.

week with no rain in sight.

It was all bullshit!

Texas a second helping into October. God really loves Rick Perry, I can just feel the love.

In more ways than one!

up, hoping for attention. I guess Governor Brownback is supporting Perry's presidential bid, since he dropped in. Hard to know how many other people came: I haven't seen many informative photos from the stadium and estimates vary widely:

30,000
almost 30,000
22,000
20,000
15,000
more than 8,000

Quotation from Matthew;

Matthew 6:5 - 7
 
5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 
Jesus says you must definitely not pray as the hypocrites pray.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Yes it seems Jesus was not big on public prayer spectacles that sound like Mr. Perry's. Of course those who promote public prayer ignore the Bible.

That is all it was intended to do.

to get themselves killed on the same day and draw attention away from his lovely coif. :sarcasm:

Dontcha know? :sarcasm:

And 40 nights. Wait for the flood. We'll see.