[lbo-talk] Power of prayer

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 06:44:58 PST 2006


it's finally been explained. The Lord (or Lady) _does_ listen to our prayers. The problem is that most of the time, God responds by saying "no."

On 3/22/06, Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Iraq war as unpopular as Vietnam: Experts
>
> Web posted at: 3/23/2006 1:27:28
> Source ::: AFP
>
> WASHINGTON: The Iraq war is now as unpopular at home as the Vietnam war was
> in 1968, but in the absence of a military draft and a clear way out,
> Americans are not taking to the streets, analysts say.
>
> Protests marking the third anniversary of the war drew less than 10,000
> people in major US cities over the weekend, according to reporters and
> police counts—despite polls showing broad public displeasure with the war.
>
> Compared to Vietnam, the Iraq war is remarkable for how quickly it lost
> public support, said John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State
> University. ...
>
> A recent poll suggests that whatever their feelings about the war, Americans
> have done little more about it than pray.
>
> <http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Americas&month=March2006&file=World_News2006032312728.xml>
>
> Carl
>
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