People felt helpless and wanted to do something about the oil spill

[moobu2]

so they decided to have a circle prayer on the beach.

'God is bigger than this oil spill'

The Rev. Jack Kale of the Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church leads a prayer circle along the shoreline at Pensacola Beach Sunday evening as the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico looks like an ever increasing threat to the beaches along Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

[cliffordu]

1. Give those idiots some paper towells and rubber boots.

God helps those who help themselves. maybe.

[napi21]

3. And a bottle of Dawn to help the animals. nt

[cliffordu]

4. Yep.

[Scuba]

2. So they joined hands, and did nothing

If prayer works, why isn't there peace?

[darkstar3]

5. Did it ever occur to them

that if God intended to intervene in this situation, he would have done so already?

[LAGC]

6. So now that they've prayed...

If oil doesn't make it to the beach, God heard their prayers!

If oil does make it to the beach, they didn't pray hard enough!

God wins no matter what!

[Goblinmonger]

7. Perfect time for the Russel's Teapot cartoon

that was posted on a thread with Jesus telling God "You're a fucking genius." Got to go find that one.

[struggle4progress]

8. Sure is easy to sit at a keyboard and sneer at a bunch of worried people

[darkstar3]

9. It's also easy to pretend you're telepathic with an invisible friend who will do your bidding. n/t

[ZombieHorde]

14. Funny! nt

[DeSwiss]

10. Ommmmmmmmmmm........ :-)

[humblebum]

11. And you wonder why atheism is so darn popular?

Go figure.

[laconicsax]

12. I thought that their god was quantum.

That's quite a bit smaller than the oil spill.

Prediction: some believer will not be directly affected by the spill and will praise God for finding them far more deserving of "grace" than everyone else whose lives were devastated.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! OMG! It's like Candid Camera, but the joke never ends.

(For those who don't know, Candid Camera is an old practical joke TV show.)