{"id":175,"date":"2013-03-31T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T04:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/?p=175"},"modified":"2013-03-31T21:26:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T04:26:39","slug":"im-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Praying&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pope-francis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176\" alt=\"Vatican Pope\" src=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pope-francis.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pope-francis.jpg 620w, http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pope-francis-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pope-francis-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Pope prayed for peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8212;Herbert J. Muller<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This always reminds me of a line or two from Otis Redding&#8217;s <strong>Shout Bamalama:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The preacher and the deacon were prayin&#8217; one day<\/div>\n<div>Along come a bear comin&#8217; down that way<\/div>\n<div>The preacher told the deacon to say a praye<em id=\"__mceDel\">r<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Deacon say \u00a0prayer won&#8217;t kill that bear, we got to run for it!<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><br \/>\n<\/em>People have been praying on all sides for generations, and the arms makers are the only ones gratified. This painful little cancre is but a reflection of broader issues, but will remain a pustulating sore as long powerful lobbies continue to set the agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Pope prayed for peace in the Middle East. &nbsp; The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. &#8212;Herbert J. Muller This always &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/?p=175\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,5,6,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cookery","category-juststuff","category-money","category-music","category-politics","category-hell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outoffog.net\/RESH\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}