What goes up, must come down, but this time it’s not because of market forces, but because of prayer. That’s right, a Washington DC group is claiming the falling gas prices are because of their prayers:
“We were down in Huntsville, Alabama. We finished praying,” Mr Twyman said. “Immediately the owners came out and changed the gas prices. They brought it down. We had marvellous success down in St Louis, Missouri.”
Mr Twyman is sceptical that market forces might be responsible for the lower prices.
Well this changes everything. Here I thought there was no evidence for prayer being effective, but this is so utterly convincing! Who needs scientific prayer studies? This anecdotal evidence should be more than enough to convince the unfaithful of the power of prayer.
But Daniel, you might ask, what about the fluctuation of prices? Doesn’t that seem to show it is market forces? Oh ye of little faith. Obviously the fluctuation of prices are due to mixed prayers. You see, every few minutues, an Arab prays, “Allah, raise the price of oil!” And Allah answers their prayer. Then an American prays, “Jesus, lower the price of oil!” And Jesus does it. And so on and so forth, thus the fluctuation.
Makes perfect sense, right?
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I absolutely loved this story when I first spotted it – you’ve reminded me to blog on it myself.
When faced with this sort of competition, it’s incredible that once gripped by the virus of faith anyone manages to escape, as you and I both have.
This is hilarious.
Never mind the fact that his last 99 prayers didn’t get answered. This ONE coincidence PROVES that your prayers can be answered.
I like the idea of there being a “prayer war” between Allah and Jehovah. Especially over something like fuel prices.
Why does God answer the prayers for lower gas prices but not the ones for (say) dying children?
Because dying children make God look GREAT! When people are poor and sick, they need God. When they are rich and happy, they realize he doesn’t exist. So dying children are a good thing.
I’m reminded of this Steve Allen quote:
“If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers.”
It really cannot be summed up any better.
“If you pray hard enough, you can make water run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!”
–Robert A. Heinlein, speaking through His creation, Lazarus Long, who probably did not believe in Him.