How sad... the fruitcakes over at FreeRepublic now have a daily "Pray for McCain\Palin" thread! ROFL

[darius15]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098125/posts

[Savannah_H]

1. reply

why then do you keep posting over there?

[Az]

2. Cool. More evidence of the ineffectiveness of prayer

Keep that one bookmarked for future reference.

[BlueJazz]

15. Yep..Reminds me of the ol'......

.."When you wish upon a star, makes NO difference who you are...It doesn't work. (Try something else)

[gmoney]

27. "Spit in one hand, pray into the other, see which one fills up first..."

They are tithin' all their "G's" for Jesus... prayin' huntin' killin' and a-votin'

[mamalone]

39. Well now... I don't know about that.

Ever since Palin was chosen for the VP slot, and all of my conservative repub friends and acquaintances became all aglow with wonderment and adoration of her, I have been praying as well. I've been praying that the truth will come out about her. Because I just knew that if she were to be revealed for what she really is, then she'd be all in. And now, what with the interviews, and the way the press has responded to her and the McCain camp in general recently, I feel like that prayer has been answered pretty effectively...hehehe

prayer does change things:)

[mcctatas]

3. And God replies....

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

[vanderBeth]

8. It's a well known fact God is an Obama man.

[buff2]

4. Hey.......they need all the prayers they can get!

:rofl:

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. Oh, oh. There's talk of the end times

I swear, Republicans are incredibly ignorant people.

[Vinca]

6. Do they pray to keep the witches away? Seems important in their world. nt

[NightWatcher]

7. Prayer- the last refuge of a scoundrel. -Lisa Simpson

[crossroads]

14. They haven't got a prayer left! lol nt

[BlueJazz]

16. I like these also >>>

"Atheists do look for answers to existence…. They just don't make them up." -- Teller

It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. --Mark Twain

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich…Napolean

The trouble with born again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain in the ass the second time around.
Herb Caen

The theory that you should always treat the religious convictions of other people with respect finds no support in the Gospels.
Arnold Lunn

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
Nietzsche

If you talk to God, you're praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Thomas Szasz

The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
Delo McKown

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.


"Help preserve your child's belief in Santa Claus. Tell him or her that Santa will send them to hell if they don't believe in him." - Anonymous

"Two hands working do more than a thousand clasped in prayer" - Anonymous

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." - Cardinal Bellarmine (1615, during the trial of Galileo)

"Nothing fails like prayer." - Annie Laurie Gaylor

"The inspiration of the Bible depends on the ignorance of the person who reads it." - Robert G. Ingersoll


"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." - Thomas Jefferson

"When the missionaries first came to our land, they had the Bibles and we had the land. Fifty years later, we had the Bibles and they had the land." - Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya after independence

When you understand why you dismiss other gods, you'll understand why I dismiss yours.

"Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope. "--P.J. O'Rourke


"If god doesn't like the way I live, Let him tell me, not you."

[MercutioATC]

9. Hell, they still have a daily "Pray for Bush" thread, I think.

They're so funny sometimes...

[crazy_vanilla]

19. oh, pray for boosh thread, I see THAT has worked

:eyes:

[BlueCaliDem]

10. Sure sign they know McCain/Palin's campaign is DEAD. eom

[Faygo Kid]

11. "Lord, please teach us spelling and grammar. Because we suck at both."

[zeemike]

12. We should have our own "Pray for McCain\Palin" thread

Pray that they get what they deserve...a humiliating defeat in November.
It could be an early birthday present for Jesus.

[grasswire]

13. they did that for W and see how well it served him?

approval rating bottomed out, hated universally.

[TransitJohn]

17. Same ol' same old.

Why do people think that them praying is going to have any effect on reality? Because it's easier than them getting outta mommy's basement and working on their doomed campaign.

[crazy_vanilla]

18. 'cause God loves them more than us, he wouldn't listen to us Democrats

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

20. Their lame

praying doesn't bug me - it is ineffective.

It's how they are disenfranchising the voters that is a problem.

Bunch of silly wankers. :eyes:

[RagAss]

21. Where's Jim Jones, now that we need him?

[vaberella]

22. Maybe Pastor Muthee can make a guest appearance to keep the heathens & witches away. n/t

[Splinter Cell]

23. The thread is sad....

Some of us liberals do have Christian beliefs you know. I guess some of the people on the left can be just as close minded as the hardcore bible-thumpers.

[Mimosa]

40. I'm small c christian and it makes me happy, G

Godfather, I've been christian (catholic, episcopalian, santeria and all sorts of churches) all my life. I have the faith of a child but never claim to 'know.' I trust. Back when I first joined DU I used to get riled by what I perceived as anti-christian posts. No I get the point if they're not mean-spirited. I'm secure enough in my faith that I actually enjoy reading those 'atheist' quotes upthread. There's some truths to be found just about everywhere....EXCEPTING Free Republic.

[Bubbha Jo]

24. Asking for use of god's power for personal gain is sorcery.

They have no clue what they are doing or wouldn't be doing this.

[vaberella]

28. You're right. In the Catholic faith...that's a nice one way ticket to hell. n/t

[Bubbha Jo]

31. Didn't know that.......good.

So where'd some other demominations miss it?

Thoughts take form. If you send out vibes toward another (prayer, etc), your own personal ones as to how the outcome will be poison the energy going their way, making it less effective and with the ability to cause harm.

Thy will be done would be a pure effective aid for one of faith. I simply wish for the best for all myself, though it is hard not to tell the universe what you personally wish that to be ; )

[donco6]

25. If God wanted McCain to win, wouldn't he just win?

What would be the point of prayer? Does God need our help?

[Obamanaut]

26. Does flooding the world, or killing the first born of a nation, or (fill

in any old testament story) make god a terrorist? And if so, why would the fruitcakes be praying to that one for anything?

edited to add - or maybe god just has a mean streak.

[Duke Newcombe]

29. If they feel the need...

...wonder if they'll remember that biblically, they're ALSO supposed to pray for Obama and Biden as well? Naw...that'd be too much like, well...following scripture and such.

Duke

[Libby2]

30. Oh, I do, I pray daily. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

32. Good! As long as they're praying, they're NOT campaigning

Or fundraising or doing work at their precincts.

I'm all in favor of Repubs wasting time while their candidate goes town the tubes.

[regnaD kciN]

33. In the words of the Rabbi from "Fiddler on the Roof"...

..."May the Lord bless and keep John McCain and Sarah Palin...far away from us!"

:rofl:

[magdalena]

34. They have prayer threads for everything over there.

Pray for Bush, Pray for O'Reilly, Pray for the VP debate. I'm not much of a believer, but if they want to pray...that's fine. I noticed a lot of prayers for Joe and Jill Biden and thought that was sweet. However, it really pisses me off when they have their "pray against" threads. Pray against Obama, pray against the atheists, pray against Muslims, pray against DU. Down-home Christian values in action.

[Quantess]

35. Oh, leave them alone and let them pray.

The Pastor Muthee already prayed for Sarah Palin, and look where it got her...worldwide embarrassment!

[lady raven]

36. I am praying for McCain/ Palin daily.

I pray that they will not stand in the way of what is right for this country. I pray that voters will vote with clear hearts and minds, based on the issues rather than on the frivolous, and I pray that both of them will make a speedy exit from the national stage very soon after losing the election.

Amen.

[27inCali]

37. dear heavenly baby Jesus.......

haha.

[JohnMcCant2008]

38. Please God don't let Obama send his army of gay, aborted, muslim babies to raise our taxes. amen.

[workinclasszero]

41. I'm sure the freeps will pray for President Obama and VP Biden

:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:
Well they will pray that a lighting bolt will strike them and they burn in hell forever, I'm sure!:puke:

Wonder how God feels about dirty rotten scum like Palin and McBush slandering Obama, lyin cheating and stealing elections in his name???

Does God listen to our homegrown Taliban, the religious right, freepers, etc? If so then why is our country collapsing around us? Why did the hurricane strike america as the rethug convention of thieves was getting under way?

It was a beautiful night when Obama accepted the nomination in the outdoor stadium in Colorado and all of our radical taliban were on their knees 24/7 praying for a disaster to strike.

[ShortnFiery]

42. Oh, that's just ... HILARIOUS!

:rofl:

[Mimosa]

43. Question Re: Free Republic

How many regular members does Free Republic have? The only time I'd ever seen the board is when I click off links from here. The educational level (whether self-educated or formally, I make no distinction when people care enough to be constantly learning) of those people is pathetic.

I've been co-admin of a multi-interest forum for a long time. Since the beginning of the year we lost so-called conservative members. This election season has been very polarising, more so than that of 2004. I've tried to do online voter education on politically oriented forums and have seen that the rightwingers are very, very threatened and angry, more close-minded than ever.

Here's one typical board where I gave up. There are still a couple of progressive people who haven't thrown in the towel. I think they're wasting their time.

http://thenearlyfamousbulletinboard.yuku.com/

What has come to the surface with white males who post online a lot is simply the racism they had suppressed before they were threatened by the spectre of a strong, intelligent man of colour becoming President. These kind of guys always harp on the rev. Wright statements, and they transfer their racism, claiming Obama is a racist. ~rolls eyes~