Today's school shooting (same one as immediately above)

[$tevie]

DeusxMac wrote: It's the outward manifestation of the "belief", a self-deception that praying will have some magical effect on:
- Changing the minds of the "God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy" zealots
- Changing the minds of the politicians who lust for the votes of those zealots
- Changing the minds of the gun manufacturers
- Changing the minds of individuals set on killing others

Prayers don't have to be "gimme" or "fix it". Prayers can be "Please give me the strength to do what needs to be done to fight for peace and safety". The problem is that the people who advertise their "thoughts and prayers" are very often the same people who have no interest in trying to change the status quo. Don't confuse them with people who practice their faith in their daily lives. They are out there. You just don't know it because they aren't flapping their gums about it.