More prayers?
“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, It is what we know that ain’t so.” — Will Rogers
C’mon, Louie (Rep. Gohmert). Just when vast numbers of Americans are taking the position that “Thoughts and Prayers are not enough,” we learn that Louie Gohmert (R-TX) wants more. More prayers, anyway; he doesn’t address the idea of thoughts.
As I said before, it seems to me like the pray-ers would have been doing that right along, at least since the massacre of Sandy Hook. More than nine year years ago, Adam Lanza killed 26 people, mostly very young children, at an elementary school. I think that probably generated a great deal of prayers.
Rep. Gohmert said, in a House Judiciary Hearing, “Look, maybe if we heard more prayers from leaders of this country instead of taking God’s name in vain, we wouldn’t have the mass killings like we didn’t have before prayer was eliminated from schools,” he told the House, as reported by Business Insider.
It has been said that nothing fails like prayer.
It’s been a long time, but I was brought up to believe in a deity that was omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and loving. If God is all powerful, and all knowing, and always on the job, and loving, why would Louie Gohmert think we need to be asking him, yet again, to make these atrocities stop?
Is God really powerful and well informed, but not really a loving God? Does He actually care, but lacks the power to do anything to help? Maybe He’s powerful, and loving, but doesn’t really keep up on current events in His Creation? Something doesn’t add up for me.
Perhaps the Devil now has more power, and has Him stymied. I doubt if all religious folks believe in Satan, but Louie might. Am I right to see this as a conundrum?
Should more of us be praying? Should we be praying harder? Should we be praying more frequently? Or should we contribute to and vote for candidates that reflect our thinking?
Sorry, Louie. No cheese for you.
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