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Sunday, June 01, 2008
Never fear - the price of gas is surely coming down now
If the apocalypse doesn't hit first then the price will come definitely come down - cuz' god'll do it.
Poe's Law…confirmed again!
Category: Weirdness
Posted on: May 31, 2008 10:20 AM, by PZ MyersIt's amazing how powerfully predictive that little law is. I mentioned some similar activity a while back, but it's still going on: kooks praying for lower gas prices.
For the past several weeks, Twyman has assembled a group at a soup kitchen in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest Washington where he volunteers. They have driven to a gas station, locked hands, said a prayer, purchased gas and sung the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," with an added verse: "We'll have lower gas prices."
That's ridiculous. Me, I'm humming the overture to Die Fledermaus and praying for dancing panda bears. I bet that will work before these clowns succeed in bringing down gas prices.
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Some would say the proof of whether Twyman has the ear of the Almighty is in the result. On the first day of the movement, April 23, the national average price of a gallon of unleaded was $3.53, according to AAA. As of yesterday, it was $3.96.
But Twyman said true faith does not demand instant gratification, and he plans to keep his pump-side prayers going "until God tells us to stop."
"This whole thing is a wake-up call from God to Americans, because we idolize men so much," said Twyman, 59, a public relations consultant and Seventh-day Adventist who believes that high gas prices are a sign of the apocalypse drawing nigh. "I think through this crisis, God is trying to call us back to depend on Him more."
...(link Washington Post)
Testing Poe's Law...
Once again from the top, Poe's Law states:
"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
With that in mind, can you guess which of the following Evangelical links are actually just parodies? Here are the rules: Don't Google the names of any of these sites, just follow the link I've provided for each one and skim the article.
08:22 AM in Religion | Permalink
