Why Madison Would Have Resisted the National Day of Prayer
Friday May 2, 2008
Richard Land recalls the inspiration of hearing President Reagan's prayer day declaration. I have mixed feelings, to be honest, about National Prayer Day. I agree with the spirit: Americans should periodically pause and consider its tremendous blessings and express...
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Thank you for this editorial. I have to agree with everything you have said. I'm Pagan and I pray; Christians aren't the only ones who pray, and having a National Day of Prayer (for Christians) is insulting to all the other religions in this country. And it does take away from deity, by whatever name makes you comfortable, when placed in a political context as well as it inhibiting the spirit of the 1st Amendment. Get rid of National Prayer Day.
Thank God we are standing up and taking our country back from the conservative Christian movement. Now is the time for the nations Christians to also take back our religion that has been hijacked by these wingnuts!
The National Day of Prayer was set up for Christians to pray for the American nation. The Christians’ prayers are not all about prayers of gratitude; they are prayers of the people to lift of our nation and governors of this nation to pray for the turning of this country back to God. We pray for politicians, senators, congressional representatives, governors, and our president. We pray for them because God wants us to honor our leaders no matter what wrong things they are doing in this country. We pray that Our Lord would give our leaders guidance and wisdom. However, we mostly pray for our nation and for its renewal in Him. The National Day of Prayer is an observance that this nation is God’s nation and will always be His no matter what is happening in this country. Our nation is in a state of a downward slope and we pray to God for the revival and renewal of this great nation. Christians band together on this day and pray because God says in His Word that where ever two or more are gathered, that He would be with them also (Matthew 18:20). This is what the National Day of Prayer is all about.
I'm sure that begging one's all-powerful, magical, invisible friend for wants and needs is a great expedient to social, economic and political progress. Perhaps we should have all government employees retrained to do nothing but pray, and then everything will get solved as quickly as possible, as God can do anything instantly.
Or we could try to solve our problems ourselves....
Karen Wrote (Comments - http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/05/-richard-land-recalls-the.html): “We pray for them because God wants us to honor our leaders no matter what wrong things they are doing in this country. We pray that Our Lord would give our leaders guidance and wisdom. However, we mostly pray for our nation and for its renewal in Him.”
Why should we pray to a mythical deity, which mythical god or a particular god like the “god of light,” Mazda? The result would be ths same as praying to Santa Claus. To keep “our leaders” from doing wrong (torture) and check guidance and wisdom, we would be better serves by spending time investigating and publicizing their behind the scenes secret actions!
Don't say something against God until you have felt his presence. Until you have seen the sick and the injured miraculously healed. Until you have seen him change your life and the lives of those around you.
Then you can say what you like, and I garuntee it will be nothing but praises.
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