A Prayer For National Day Of Prayer

by tristero

Guess what?

It's (cue seraphim to blast their trumpets) National Day of Prayer. And Shirley Dobson , wife of James, is the chairman of the "National Day of Prayer Task Force." Now hold on to your hats, folks: The "national event" down in Washington for this holy shebang will feature a keynote by none other than Oliver North! Gotta hand it to those christianists, they believe in redemption for convicted criminals. I'm guessing they were going to invite Wayne Dumond, the serial rapist whose cause was championed by Michael Huckabee, but he had a prior date with his Destiny. Still, the choice of North as keynote speaker makes a similar point.

I think it is only fitting to offer up a prayer for this special occasion. Here it is:

Dear God and/or the Unnameable and/or Allah and/or Flying Spaghetti Monster and/or Vaguely Defined Divine Force and/or Completely Secular Processes And Events That Contrive A Better Future, Dear All Of You, be you natural, subnatural, or supernatural:

I fervently pray/hope/promise to work to ensure that the sleazy scumbags, felons, and anti-American theocrats involved in this National Day of Prayer are nowhere near the seats of power in the United States one year hence. And I also pray/hope/promise to work for the elimination of the National Day of Prayer, an egregiously awful violation of the Constitution that has been, as anyone familiar with American politics could have predicted, increasingly coopted by a fanatical group of nuts to establish their own religion.

love,

tristero

h/t Dr. Myers, who outrageously exclaims, "Fuck the National Day of Prayer." How could PZ be so irresponsible?!!??!!!

Well, I say Fuck the National Day of Prayer but use a condom. These people are diseased degenerates so be careful, ok?

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Special note to Republicans, christianists, and others suffering from severe cognitive distortions:

I deeply respect religious expression and practice and have a long public history demonstrating that respect. Therefore I hate christianist garbage and dangerous nonsense like the National Day of Prayer.

Those holding truly sincere religious beliefs (or sincerely holding none) are, or should be, furious at the cynicism and the exclusionary, intolerant agendas behind the National Day of Prayer.