Ethics

Praying for Economic Recovery

By Ed Brayton

Yes, it's another one of those Worldnutdaily "exclusives," which as always means the article is so stupid no one else would consider publishing it:

Internet evangelist and host of LivePrayer Bill Keller is petitioning President Bush and Congress to designate Dec. 18 as a national day of prayer and fasting for the economy.

Despite several government attempts to revive a slumping national economy, the financial crisis remains - a fact, Keller contends, that illustrates America's problems aren't economic but spiritual.

"They have tried everything to fix the economy," Keller told WND, "including throwing a few trillion at the problem, and we are no better than when the 'experts' started to try and fix (it)."

"The crisis is a spiritual problem," said Keller in a statement. "The answer to our economic downfall is not an infusion of trillions of dollars, but the humble prayers of forgiveness and repentance for our sin and rebellion against God."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).