So much swine flu, yet so little swine.

Now if they had tried this sky diving – THAT would have been a story!

Now there’s a religious country. Well, it would be if they closed their hospitals and just used flying rams horns. They’d save a lot of money that way, too. Keeping the hospitals open makes it look as if they doubt their god.
I don’t see many of the people claiming this is a Christian nation urging us to close our hospitals and put Jerry Falwell or somebody in a plane circling the coasts and praying day after day. Keeping out swine flu and ICBM’s both. So much cheaper than a military!

Well I’d say that is most certainly a different approach. Guess flying makes one closer to god so she/he can hear the prayers better.

“Now there’s a religious country. Well, it would be if they closed their hospitals and just used flying rams horns. They’d save a lot of money that way, too. Keeping the hospitals open makes it look as if they doubt their god.”
I’m sure you are mostly joking but in all seriousness I have to point out that Judaism doesn’t have the science-phobia that Christianity has historically had. Jews don’t look to God to miraculously do everything for us. I’m not sure what your comments about closing hospitals are in response to since the article doesn’t mention anyone suggesting any such thing. I don’t think its fair to project the biases against medicine you may have encountered among some Christian groups onto Judaism. It’s ironic to imply that Judaism as a religion is somehow against the scientific practice of medicine when Jews have made up a disproportionately high percentage of doctor since the Middle Ages up til the present. Even many of the great Rabbis were scientists/ physicians (like Maimonides, Nachmanides et al). Judaism has advocated the advance of scientific knowledge, not been against it.

Well the story is about flying around in a plane praying to keep flu away from the country. If that actually worked you wouldn’t need hospitals, would you?

I’m not denying that the flying around in a plane to pray non stop to avert a swine flu epidemic comes across as a bit ridiculous and over the top, just feeling obliged to point out that Judaism, on the majortiy for most of its history, has been very encouraging of medical science

I don’t deny that for a minute.

Since Jewish Mystics were with the Rabbis perhaps they felt flying and praying would be more beneficial. Would be interesting to know their reasoning.

It’s sure easier than “doin’ it old school” – climbing a mountain.