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07/20/2003 Entry: "The use of praying"
In his column today on blogs4God, Dean wonders at "all the scurrying about worrying we do online". His particular problem is the outpourings which have come as a result of Pat Robertson's 'prayer offensive'.My problem with this isn't just that on first reading Robertson seemed to be praying for the death of the three Justices, which I accept may have been unintended. And I certainly don't have a problem with praying for those in authority, particularly the government and judiciary. No, my problem is that Robertson is presenting God with a very specific political agenda and claiming it as God's own. Christian prayer is always bounded by "thy will be done". As Dean says, one of the primary purposes of prayer is to change the attitude of the one doing the praying. Robertson's prayer had more of the "telling God what to do" about it. When such a high profile Christian makes that sort of gaffe it isn't surprising that more than a few want to comment.
