Sigh. Okay, this isn’t KC-related in any way, but in the interest of saving the world from idiocy we encourage you to gaze upon the photo above, which greeted your editor on the NYT’s front page as he sat down to breakfast this morning. This is a church in Michigan, site of the those sad companies who spent 30 years resisting change and now beg at the federal trough for help. We thought we had seen the extent of auto-related religious activities when we heard about Pray at the Pump, but we were wrong. These people are praying for an auto industry bailout. Catch that? They’re appealing to their divine power, the font of all knowledge and source of all alleged goodness, to please change the minds of sensible legislators and help them see that a bailout for horribly mismanaged companies is the Lord’s will.
So way to go, Christianity. You’re doing a great job, focusing on all the stuff that really counts. Good thing we’ve taken care of poverty and famine and war, huh? Tell me, exactly which gospel discusses this kind of action? I must have missed the Book of GM on my last reading.
In the words of Liz Lemon: blurg.
Good call. Also: what the hell kind of church allows cars to be driven onstage?
“Our Lady of Good Gas Mileage?”
I think it’s actually the auto show…the folks are prayin’ to the Lord Jesus Chrysler.
[...] In true contemporary church form, the COE has released the ”Prayer On Being Made Redundant” on their Web site. ”Redundant?!?” More corporatespeak entering the world of religion! I guess it was only a matter of time before they addressed the job market after tackling the failure of U.S. auto companies. [...]