So here’s the deal. Some lady with ties to the Liberty Counsel said to someone who was recording her that she prays with the Supreme Court justices.
I know, right?
Whether she has prayed or prays with certain justices, I don’t really care. But something struck me as funny in the GROUNDBREAKING BOMBSHELL piece by Rolling Stone.
The writer felt that he needed to define what prayer is for those who don’t understand it. And it’s the weirdest definition I’ve ever heard. Rolling Stone writes:
“Prayer is a powerful communication tool in the evangelical tradition: The speaker assumes the mantle of the divine, and to disagree with an offered prayer is akin to sin.”
The mantle of the divine? And “to disagree with an offered prayer is akin to sin?”
What the heck is this person even talking about? Does this person even know a Christian or even someone who might’ve seen an episode of “David and Goliath” as a kid?
Seriously, how does one define prayer like that in a national publication and the editors looked at it and were like:
As PJ Media pointed out, “Rolling Stone Smear Shows Yet Again That Elite Journalists Just Don’t Get Religion.” It doesn’t only show they don’t get it but that they’re not even willing to learn. Instead, they just want to see everything in the worst possible light.
This reminds me of a story years ago when a journalist from Newsweek interviewed Jerry Falwell. It was a story about why Liberty University’s debate team was ranked #1 in the country. In the interview, Falwell talked to the journalist and mentioned a “Salt ministry.”
The journalist breathlessly ran back to his keyboard and ran a piece about Liberty University’s “Assault Ministry.”
Hahahahahahaaa.
Falwell was, of course, referring to “a salt ministry,” a reference to Matthew 5:13 where Jesus says “ye are the salt of the earth.”
They hear what they want to hear. They see what they want to see. And report it to you as fair and objective journalists.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
Excuse me for a moment, I gotta’ close my computer for a bit and take on the mantle of the divine. If you disagree with my decision, you’re probably going to Hell.
July 7, 2022 at 3:38 pm
Now I know what prayer is. I guess I will give it a shot. It sounds like I am assuming divinity is me, really. It’s quite a definition,. It dogmatically asserts that there is no God, and, not only are Christians delusional, we are also judgmental, and mean. I guess this is wrong, especially for Republicans. It’s like hearing about prayer and Christians from Wickham instead of Darcy. My sins must be black indeed
July 7, 2022 at 3:46 pm
And don’t forget the “Crow’s Ear” carried by Bishops:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tmatt/2006/04/year-17-reporters-crows-ears-karma-light-nuns/
July 7, 2022 at 9:43 pm
There is something MUCH BIGGER here than what you have taken notice of. They are literally admitting that prayer is what ended Roe vs Wade. They’re trying to play it off as prayer as some sort of propaganda that has brainwashing power, i.e. that some justices merely hearing a prayer asking God to end abortion “corrupted their morals” (lol, “corrupting” into caring about the unborn!)…they are literally admitting prayer ended abortion, but can’t admit that it did so supernaturally, i.e. that God answered the prayer. So instead they present prayer as a dangerous form of propaganda and suggest people should run around “interrupting” prayers, because if people hear prayers they will magically be “morally corrupted” into actually having morals. But when you think about this claim itself with a functional brain, you realize that even this attributes a supernatural power to prayer. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” (Psalm 2:4) I’m joining Him in a hearty laugh right this very moment!
Of course, you may not have read the actual Rolling Stones article (archive link here https://archive.ph/njlIf ) but just the pjmedia piece about it. The actual article is quite hilarious. They quote some dork wad named Schenck (what a name) as saying “Prayer is a positive exercise, until it’s politicized — and too many prayers that I and my colleagues offered in the presence of the justices were political prayers,….[prayer] contributed to the internal moral and ethical corruption of the justices at the court…I was sure, while we were doing it, it would be a positive contribution to our public life…It didn’t have the effect I thought it would. In some ways, it set the stage for the reversal of Roe, which I now think of as a social catastrophe.” So prayer is powerful; one of Satan’s minions has admitted it….and one of Satan’s favorite magazines has publicized it. Hahahaha!