Pay for Prayers

[Faded]

Originally Posted by Tarnished

Dang Faded, you stole my post. However you did error in your quote, there is much between the first paragraph and the second, thus you need an elipse...

It is probably good we are married as we think so much alike.

This service reminds me a whole lot of the Electronic Monk, something to pray for you so that you do not have to spend your time praying. It is ridiculous, but the fact that it is out there means there are people who are just lazy enough to use it. Saddening.

If you can offer up a more complete version of Douglas Adams' description of the Electronic Monk, by all means do so. It's great stuff!!

[anatess]

The Catholics have cloistered nuns who do nothing but pray for other people all day long. My grandmother had monthly donations to the cloistered nuns to pray for my "lost soul" in the hopes that I will find my way back to the Catholic faith. I guess it's not too different from the electronic version...

[ztodd]

"Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be churches built up that shall say: Come unto me, and for your money you shall be forgiven of your sins."

Mormon 8

[Moksha]

It makes me ponder the term "Religious Entrepreneurs".

[antsyl]

Wow!!! Im missing a golden opportunity here. Ok, for $19.95 you can get my absolution for your sins, but wait, dont call yet. For just $10.00 more I will include a pet. I know that you know your dog or can has been bad. Add just that little $10.00 and get them out of hell. This offer is good in all fifty states and three foreign countries. Those countries always include the one you are in if you are not in the US.
If you act now, I will include a small piece of paper that I personally have ripped from my spiral binder just for you. Call now operators are standing by. All major credit cards accepted. Cash if in Euros will be based on the daily value. Call now, salvation is waiting and so are the operators.

[fatima]

Originally Posted by anatess

The Catholics have cloistered nuns who do nothing but pray for other people all day long. My grandmother had monthly donations to the cloistered nuns to pray for my "lost soul" in the hopes that I will find my way back to the Catholic faith. I guess it's not too different from the electronic version...

Well, excepting that the good nuns had devoted their lives to prayer and your grandmother's donation was a voluntary act of charity. The sincerity of the prayers of those who require payment before they will pray for you is in serious question.
So the act of buying the prayers is what is at issue, not that one person is praying for another.