Don’t want to rain on your parade, but there are fewer wars going on now than for ages and ages. I doubt it’s the prayers, but the Pope is probably praying against Pat Robertson..
Absolutely. It’s the same argument as free will. God KNOWs everything; god CAN do everything, but he just chooses not to intervene. And god totally talked to people 1000 years ago when mental disorders were relatively unknown; he’s just said all he has to say now and ‘the heavens are closed.’ Oh, but he still speaks with a still small voice to the hearts of individuals, but he tells each person something just a little bit different just to fuck with you.
Barmaid: “I would have remained stony silent, but I just though I’d point out that the absence of your two beers, just goes to show affirmation of their presence”
Barmaid: “I would have remained stony silent, but I just though I’d point out that the absence of your two beers, just goes to show affirmation of their presence”
Consider this: perhaps the people praying were praying the wrong way or were otherwise unacceptable prayer-senders. Didn’t the video clip show Buddhist monks? Who is to say that God wouldn’t have answered the prayers if it was some other group, eh?
Or consider this: maybe the prayer actually prevented the post-surgical complications from being worse than they would have been without the prayer!!
There really can be no end to “spinning” in such situations. And I guess we should be grateful for that, or how else could Jesus & Mo be so entertaining?
I don’t understand why Jesus and Mo are scoring own-goals like this. It suits the author’s point of view and makes them look stupid, but an author should defend his or her characters.
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September 11th, 2007 at 4:24 am
I laughed my a** out!
September 11th, 2007 at 6:10 am
One of the best I’ve seen
September 11th, 2007 at 10:35 am
OK, folks, caption time. What is the best riposte you can think of for the barmaid to use?
Truly successful prayers are answered. Only the insane hear the answers.
I think Mother Teresa did hear answers, for a little while. She really missed them when they stopped. Magical thinking really can cause misery.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
I think Barmaid should be half dead from laughter by now.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Don’t want to rain on your parade, but there are fewer wars going on now than for ages and ages. I doubt it’s the prayers, but the Pope is probably praying against Pat Robertson..
September 11th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Absolutely. It’s the same argument as free will. God KNOWs everything; god CAN do everything, but he just chooses not to intervene. And god totally talked to people 1000 years ago when mental disorders were relatively unknown; he’s just said all he has to say now and ‘the heavens are closed.’ Oh, but he still speaks with a still small voice to the hearts of individuals, but he tells each person something just a little bit different just to fuck with you.
Praise God/Allah/Whomever!
September 11th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Barmaid: “I would have remained stony silent, but I just though I’d point out that the absence of your two beers, just goes to show affirmation of their presence”
September 11th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
[…] (HT Olly’s Onions via Jesus and Mo.) […]
September 11th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Or as I like to put it, if God is omnipotent, how come a dose of clozapine can make him shut up?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:54 am
“Jrf Says:
Barmaid: “I would have remained stony silent, but I just though I’d point out that the absence of your two beers, just goes to show affirmation of their presence”
ROTFL. Perfect answer.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Yes, Jrf’s answer is very close to what the barmaid actually said.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
[…] “Stony silence is just God’s way of saying ‘hi.’” At Jesus and Mo. […]
September 12th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Proof of the power of prayer:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19025463.200-prayers-found-ineffective-in-speeding-recovery.html
… only, probably not the proof they were hoping for.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:51 am
This is a great page concerning the “effect” of prayer with an extremely funny video excerpt (by Jon Stewart):
http://www.yoism.org/?q=node/178
September 13th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Oi, a turkswoman rains insults on the author who asked for translation.
Crap.
September 17th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Re link provided by JayBee and the first video:
Consider this: perhaps the people praying were praying the wrong way or were otherwise unacceptable prayer-senders. Didn’t the video clip show Buddhist monks? Who is to say that God wouldn’t have answered the prayers if it was some other group, eh?
Or consider this: maybe the prayer actually prevented the post-surgical complications from being worse than they would have been without the prayer!!
There really can be no end to “spinning” in such situations. And I guess we should be grateful for that, or how else could Jesus & Mo be so entertaining?
Mark
April 4th, 2008 at 4:17 am
I don’t understand why Jesus and Mo are scoring own-goals like this. It suits the author’s point of view and makes them look stupid, but an author should defend his or her characters.