Comments on: Day of Prayer Attendance

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:53:38 +0000

I just have to comment on this:
Darryl said,
May 6, 2007 at 12:09 pm
“Christians of the kind that have been quite vocal about such things as the national day of prayer don’t really believe that prayer is effective in the public part of life.”

I am a Christian who believes that prayer is a huge part of my life and has been very effecitve. I have seen it work more than once for me, my friends and my family. So I dont agree with your statement at all.

By: Friendly Atheist » Why the Low Attendance?

Friendly Atheist » Why the Low Attendance? — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:05:55 +0000

[...] I had written previously about the low attendance for the National Day of Prayer events. As for the National Day of Reason, there were atheists who gathered to talk about separation of church and state, or who donated blood, but virtually no media covered it (with the exception of a British newspaper). [...]

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:35:28 +0000

There’s a simple explanation for why these events were a bust:…

Darryl, that is the most insightful statement I have read in a very long time. My jaw drops open at how obvious it is, and how I had completely missed it.

By: FriendlyAtheist

FriendlyAtheist — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:32:32 +0000

Bjorn offers this comment (that I’m posting on his behalf):

Here’s a link to a slide show from the St Paul Pioneer Press coverage of the Day of Prayer and Day of Reason. The Minnesota Atheists were kicking it inside the capitol, while the Day of Prayer was going on outside.

Check out my fiance’s comment, “We’re not anti-religion. I think there are angry atheists and friendly atheists, and I’d like to think this crowd is the friendly atheist crowd.”

I did think the Day of Prayer comment was interesting, that because there were more people outside, supporting the Day of Prayer, then inside, in opposition, that it’s obvious that they are right, that there is a “hunger.”

It’s a very nice slideshow. Check it out!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:09:29 +0000

There’s a simple explanation for why these events were a bust: Christians of the kind that have been quite vocal about such things as the national day of prayer don’t really believe that prayer is effective in the public part of life. Prayer gives them some kind of private comfort, but it clearly doesn’t do what they want it to do for the country (outlaw abortions, suppress gays, get prayer back in schools, get ten commandments back in courthouses, get creationism taught in science classes, etc.). Christians tried the prayer route for many years; it didn’t work, and so they turned to political organization and activism. Christians supposedly believe that their true foe is not their fellow citizens, but Satan, and that to effectively fight this foe they do not use earthly weapons, but spiritual ones–heavenly ones–like prayer, fasting, good works, self-control, charity, the Word of God, etc. They may still tell you this, but they don’t really believe it. Their actions tell the truth.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:45 +0000

pretty sad, if you ask me..all of that bug hype about things happening, and no one, on either side, wants to do anything.
You should give this to Ir of Off The Map and ask them to post it to show them what’s happening on both sides. It’s interesting!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 05 May 2007 16:26:01 +0000

“Today we seemingly live in a society totally dominated by secularism,” James Smith, the Mississippi chief justice, told the believers, “which would without our vigilance, I submit, remove all vestiges of the Bible, religion and prayer from our government.”

It’s amazing how a Mississippi chief justice does not understand the basic concepts of our Constitution. I am so glad I don’t live in the South.