Georgia governor prays for rain
PDATED: 2:06 p.m. November 13, 2007
Perdue asks crowd to 'pray up a storm'
Drought is message from God to conserve better, governor says
By JAMES SALZER, JIM GALLOWAY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/13/07
More than 250 faith-filled Georgians joined Gov. Sonny Perdue outside the Capitol this morning to pray for the rain needed to end the area's historic drought.
Perdue asked them to "reverently and respectfully pray up a storm."
The governor was joined by several ministers; his wife, Mary; Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle; and many other state elected officials.
Gil Watson, senior minister of Northside United Methodist Church, prayed, "Lord, have mercy on your people, have mercy on us and grant us rain. Oh God, let rain fall on this land of Georgia."
About a dozen TV cameras representing local and national stations and more than a dozen print reporters and photographers captured the ceremony. At one point a TV helicopter threatened to drown out much of the sound.
Twenty-two protesters were forced to stay more than a block away, out of earshot and out of sight of the prayer service, on Martin Luther King Drive. They were members of the Atlanta Freethought Society. Signs include "Hail Priest-King Perdue" or "Pray on the Church Steps, not the Capitol Steps."
A lone demonstrator in front of the Central Presbyterian Church, directly across the street from the Capitol, was arrested minutes before the prayer service.
Police pulled a small sign from his hands ?_" which on one side read "Ten Commandments" and the other side "H.R. 536." The latter was a reference to a measure before the state Legislature that would declare human life to begin at the moment of conception.
Perdue said after the event that Georgians have not done "all we could do in conservation" and that the drought was an attempt by God to "get our attention."
"Hopefully we will be better conservators of the blessings God's given us as he gives us more (rain)," the governor said.
Perdue asks crowd to 'pray up a storm'
Drought is message from God to conserve better, governor says
By JAMES SALZER, JIM GALLOWAY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/13/07
More than 250 faith-filled Georgians joined Gov. Sonny Perdue outside the Capitol this morning to pray for the rain needed to end the area's historic drought.
Perdue asked them to "reverently and respectfully pray up a storm."
The governor was joined by several ministers; his wife, Mary; Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle; and many other state elected officials.
Gil Watson, senior minister of Northside United Methodist Church, prayed, "Lord, have mercy on your people, have mercy on us and grant us rain. Oh God, let rain fall on this land of Georgia."
About a dozen TV cameras representing local and national stations and more than a dozen print reporters and photographers captured the ceremony. At one point a TV helicopter threatened to drown out much of the sound.
Twenty-two protesters were forced to stay more than a block away, out of earshot and out of sight of the prayer service, on Martin Luther King Drive. They were members of the Atlanta Freethought Society. Signs include "Hail Priest-King Perdue" or "Pray on the Church Steps, not the Capitol Steps."
A lone demonstrator in front of the Central Presbyterian Church, directly across the street from the Capitol, was arrested minutes before the prayer service.
Police pulled a small sign from his hands ?_" which on one side read "Ten Commandments" and the other side "H.R. 536." The latter was a reference to a measure before the state Legislature that would declare human life to begin at the moment of conception.
Perdue said after the event that Georgians have not done "all we could do in conservation" and that the drought was an attempt by God to "get our attention."
"Hopefully we will be better conservators of the blessings God's given us as he gives us more (rain)," the governor said.
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Yes, God knows who will accept him and who won't, but the offer goes out to everyone anyway. Then, when your time comes, you can't say God didn't give you a chance to get saved. Same with rain, if you don't pray for it, why be surprised when it is withheld? 0 -
Who does praying hurt?! The answer is NO ONE BUT THE DEVIL and his follwers(knowingly or not). I know that we need to pray for rain and everything else daily. God will provide if we just ask. Sure he wont provide everything that we ask for but he will provide what we NEED. All the protestors say that we need "seperation of church and state". This great nation was built on religion. "Seperation of church and state" means that the govt should not inforce God's law. And they shouldn't because that's God's law and his job. God loves each and every one of us all we have to do to get is love is ask, believe, and obey. I will pray for everyone Christians and non alike.
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"No, it's not hate. It's pity for the great minds that are lost to dogma."
It is a pity that great minds like Pascal, Copernicus, etc. were totally wasted as they weren't freethinkers.0 -
quote:Originally posted by thunderbolt
Yes, God knows who will accept him and who won't, but the offer goes out to everyone anyway. Then, when your time comes, you can't say God didn't give you a chance to get saved. Same with rain, if you don't pray for it, why be surprised when it is withheld?
Then why don't we pray everyday for air to breath? Why stop with just praying for rain?0
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