my moms was making obama calls to new hampshire the other night, and she talked to a couple who told her that they aren't registered and never vote because they trust god to take care of it.
That's a good one. The more jokey and less parable one I also like is the minister praying to god to win the lottery so he can make needed repairs to the church and after 3 weeks of praying and not winning, he prays again and the heavens open up and light shines down as he hears a booming voice say...
I know a guy who's retirement plan is to find a winning lottery ticket. He argues that the odds of winning are almost equally close to zero whether or not he buys a ticket.
The enormous thing is, there isn't a story in the Bible that explicitly frowns upon idolizing gas pumps, whereas cattle effigies are rather another matter...
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Date: 2008-10-30 06:42 pm (UTC)"I already sent a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What more did you want?"
Although, looking at it from another angle, is it a proxy for something else? Feeling powerless about elections in general?
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Date: 2008-10-30 07:46 pm (UTC)"Meet me halfway - buy a TICKET!!!"
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Date: 2008-10-30 08:38 pm (UTC)SURPRISE MUTHUFUKAS! God granted your wish by crashing the markets, thus, taking oil prices to their lowest in six years.
God: "Geeze, you folks are NEVER satisfied."
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Date: 2008-10-30 08:55 pm (UTC)