The website prayforsarahpalin.com asks Christians to pray for Palin but heck, what about the rest of us?
I PLEDGE: to pray for peace, protection
and wisdom for Sarah Palin and her family.
Please add my zip code to the prayer coverage map.
Well, gosh, the heathens, pagans, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and less mainstream faiths may have some prayers of their own. I offer these:
I pray that Sarah Palin will gain insight into the human condition; that she judge not lest she judged; that she recalls the words of her savior, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Matthew 24:35-36).
Or how about:
Great Goddess, guide Sarah Palin to learn the sacredness of the earth; of the Beluga whale and baby seal; the salmon and the polar bear; the puffin and penguin; the moose and squirell; the wolf. Inspire her to be their protector; to guard their environment and to stop raping our sister the earth. And that she learns man and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.
Or:
I pray Sarah Palin stops trying to shove her nutbag, right wing, lunatic, escatological scat down the throats of Americans–oh heck, the global community–and that for the good of all concerned her crazy-ass theocratic, totalitarian ideology looses at the polls so she can go back to Alaska. Or get a talk show that will be cancelled after eight weeks–but which will give us teh lulz and delicious schadenfreude–and then go back to Alaska. Amen.
Let’s ALL pray for Sarah Palin. Please add your prayers in the comment section below.
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I pray that Sarah Palin continues to be the most popular governor in the country and that her little daliance with running on a national ticket will not damage that popularity at home.
Great post, thanks Lisa.
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Here’s another one Sarah should read: “Woe to you pharisees.”
i pray that sarah moves to canada and hooks up with james ..
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A Muslim prayer for peace
and religious tolerance
Merciful God, You made all of the people of the world in Your own image and placed before us the pathway of salvation through different Preachers who claimed to have been Your Saints and Prophets. But, the contradictions in their teachings and interpretations of them have resulted in creating divisions, hatreds and bloodshed in the world community. Millions of innocent men, women and children have so far been brutally killed by the militants of several religions who have been committing horrifying crimes against humanity, and millions more would be butchered by them in the future, if You do not help us find ways to reunite peacefully.
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Prayer for Unity
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Lahore / Pakistan 1
I pray that Sarah Palin learn and practice the 6th commandment – “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”