Whilst armies of volunteers labour to clean beaches and skim oil from the surface of the sea and clean animals tarred with sludge, while mothers and children mourn the loss of loved ones and while engineers work around the clock to cap a leaking well-head under a mile of crushing water in the pitch black, some Christian residents of the Gulf coast have decided to contribute in a rather different way, by standing around, holding hands and mumbling at the clouds.
Some might argue that these people are sincere and actually believe this will achieve something (a puzzling belief since it never has in the history of the world so far!), others might say that it's simply an opportunity to parade their piety on the 10:00 news, for me its hard to decide. What would be most helpful in a crisis like this, a non-existent deity or a bunch of sky-whisperers?
Something for theologians to mull over for the next few centuries perhaps...
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