I'm reprinting, without premission, a letter sent to the JREF (James Randi Educational Foundation). I enjoyed it and some of the points it made. The original can be found here, for those interested.
President Bush has today, September 16th, designated as a "Day of Prayer."
Why are we waiting till the 16th? Why not everyday? Are we praying ALL DAY or just for a bit in the morning? Should we fast as well? What if some don't pray, will God turn away? Does a certain amount of humans have to pray to satisfy the Hurricane God? What if we are one thoughtful prayer off of the quota? Will God give in? Didn't they Pray BEFORE the storm hit? Did God steer it more easterly into Mississippi to avert a New Orleans direct hit? Why Pray? Who does it help, the person praying, or the intended prayer recipient? Who do we pray to? Bush's God, or the Muslim God, or the Pope's God? Or the Hindu God or the Buddhist - oops - they don't have one, or doesn't it matter, just so we pray? What do the Atheists and Agnostics do that day? Okay, I'll pray if it'll help, but to whom?
What if I pray to the wrong God and the real God gets mad, and throws another hurricane, like a Frisbee, into the Gulf? Is it then MY fault? Forget it. I'm afraid to pray to a deity that would allow this to happen in the first place. He will answer my "after storm" prayers, but would not answer or comfort those at the bottom of this city in their greatest time of need? What are my chances? Is God teaching the USA a lesson by making the poor and impoverished folks who live below sea level, suffer even more?
Bush/LA Gov/ N.O. City Mayor is going to need more than a God to clean and rebuild this mess. Oh, they have it. Good old-fashioned Americans, giving all they got to help.
We're like that, you know. God or no God.
Thank God...or the founding fathers. Your choice.
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