Comments on: Sonny’s rain dance

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By: Dude-Lar

Dude-Lar — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:55:24 +0000

How dare you people question the wisdom and moral certitude of our governor and supreme leader Sonny Perdue! His prayin for rain will work wonders for the state and its people and it’s non-God loving hippies like ya’ll at Creative Atheism that allows this drought to continue droughting. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to go slit the neck of a goat and perform incantations over a pile of chicken bones to ensure the survival of my landscaping business.

By: Sellout

Sellout — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:49:42 +0000

Murray: That’s a great point!

By: Murray

Murray — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:24:59 +0000

Anothere bad thing about this is how it makes our state look to others. As the 2nd poster said I’m all for prayer and belive in it. But this was obviously done for political purposes. I also beleive that God doesn’t really care who our Govenor or President is. When people hear that the Govenor has annouced a vigil for the day before it’s scheduled to rain we will be mocked and an additionall casulty that will also be mocked is prayer itself. The Governor needs to think about how his actions affect how his actions and words affect the views of people towards a higher power.

By: Scott Freeman

Scott Freeman — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:20:36 +0000

Well said, Sellout.

The thing that struck me is that after all this time, he schedules the “pray for rain” ceremony one day before forecasters predict it “will” rain. And whether he takes credit for it, he’ll still receive credit for it. And God, too, of course.

And, yes, it does look a little kooky!

By: Sellout

Sellout — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:39:55 +0000

Okay…saying this on the CL blog is like sending an invitation to a Gay Pride event to Sadie Fields, but…

I believe strongly in the power of prayer. If everyone prays next Wednesday and it deluges for four days, maybe it’s a coincidence, but maybe it’s not. Gov. Perdue — faults aside — is a strong Christian and I doubt he would take any credit for that at all. If he did, that would be sinful.

But I’m also of the belief that God doesn’t care about our drought, nor does he care about our Presidential election or our petty little human problems. He’s too big for that. God, the Bible says, wants us to show faith and trust Him. To that extent, prayer is a way of surrendering ourselves to Him. That’s powerful. If that’s what the Governor is doing, good for him. But he shouldn’t expect the rain to fall.

My problem with this is a PR issue. The Governor of the state shouldn’t be holding prayer vigils over these types of things. If he — on his personal time — wants to lead people in prayer, great. But if he’s using his office for this (and he is), I do have a problem. Plus it looks a little kooky!

By: decaturite

decaturite — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:39:34 +0000

Great minds think alike?

http://decaturite.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/sonnys-rain-dance/