Prayer poll
Not another one of these — all over the country, towns open their council meetings with pointless prayers, and when someone points out that that is unconstitutional and stupid, they go whining to their local paper or radio station and make an appeal to the Christian sheep in their region. So this is just one out of a multitude, but go ahead, try to wake up the parochial little pissants in Rowlett, Texas.
Should prayer continue before Rowlett City Council meetings?
Yes 69%
No 31%
Gregory in Seattle:
March 20th, 2013 at 8:45 am
Because the city council is too incompetent to do their job without first consulting with an imaginary friend.
nora:
March 20th, 2013 at 8:50 am
It’s now at Yes 58, No 42. This shouldn’t take long.
chigau (違う):
March 20th, 2013 at 8:54 am
50/50
doublereed:
March 20th, 2013 at 8:59 am
45/55
lol, I wonder if they’re going to take down the poll now.
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:00 am
Funny how an omnipresent being has to be called in by invoking its name. Almost sounds like some type of fantasy game.
Rawnaeris, FREEZE PEACHES:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:05 am
45/55
Unfortunately the attached article is correct that prayer is common in DFW council meetings.
@doublereed, a church attempting a reverse-phayrngulation is somewhat more likely, as wfaa is a legit news source. The last time we pharyngulated a poll in DFW, it made the news, several different outlets, for being so far the opposite of the expected result. (I’m from the area, so I remember little stuff like that.)
Gvlgeologist, FCD:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:05 am
Loved the 1st comment:
My response was: “So much for the 1st amendment, eh, Acadian?”
Incidentally, you can **cough**vote more than once**cough**.
thumper1990:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:19 am
BWAhahaha! Yes- 32% No- 68%. Well done, the Horde™!
Also, Gvlgeologist is correct; refreshing the page allows you to vote again :) I may have voted twice *looks sheepish*.
Moggie:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:29 am
I suggest they use Matthew 6:5-6 as the basis for their next prayer.
LykeX:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:34 am
Now at Yes: 24% – No: 76%
Total votes are at 516. We stand a good chance of not only swinging this poll, but smashing it out of the park.
thumper1990:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:38 am
I wonder if there’ll be a last minute pushback from… Oh, I dunno… 200 Mums, or something? The Rowlett Empty Chair Conversationalists Committee?
LykeX:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:39 am
Sounds like a simple, even solution that everyone can live with. Those who want to pray, can pray. Those who want to pick their nose, can pick their nose.
Alternative solution: keep the prayer, but have it delivered by someone from the Church of Satan. You can even keep the disclaimer, so the Christians don’t have to participate. Everybody’s happy.
Right?
David Marjanović:
March 20th, 2013 at 10:11 am
Ye who believe ye have voted twice, consider: when everyone votes at the same time, refreshing will show the vote count going up, regardless of whether your vote was counted.
mobius:
March 20th, 2013 at 11:03 am
No: 88%
busterggi:
March 20th, 2013 at 11:04 am
12% yes, 88% no – c’mon people, we can Pharangulate better than that!
anuran:
March 20th, 2013 at 11:14 am
As always I say “Fine. No problem. Pray away.”
Only thing, the prayrer has to start with
“Alahu Akbar
Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
Al ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn
Ar raḥmāni r-raḥīm
Māliki yawmi d-dīn
Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm
Ṣirāṭa al-laḏīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ġayri l-maġḍūbi ʿalayhim walā ḍ-ḍāllīn”
Emrysmyrddin:
March 20th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Yes: 10% – 146
No: 90% – 1313
Uncle Ebeneezer:
March 20th, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Something tells me there will be no “well here’s what you had to say on our poll” follow up by the paper.
otrame:
March 20th, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Think they would object to “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”?
Emrysmyrddin:
March 20th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Otrame, I thought glossalalia was pretty common with the US Christian lot… /snark
numenaster:
March 20th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
91% no, 9% yes. You’re welcome.
eoleen:
March 20th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
I just voted. The count now stands at…. 9% Yes, 91% No..
They’ve been PHARYNGULATED!!!!!
michaelbusch:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
@anuran @16:
Or if you want to go with Buddhism:
Buddham saranam gacchāmi
Dhammam saranam gacchāmi
Sangham saranam gacchāmi
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@otrame @19:
No summoning Great Old Ones at council meetings. Everybody being reduced to only being capable of nonverbal twitching would further inhibit taking care of business.
pianoman, Heathen & Torontophile:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
currently at 92%-No, 8%-Yes
pianoman, Heathen & Torontophile:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
oh, and may the Fonz be with you! Ayyyyyyyyyyy!
Ulysses:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:23 pm
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
peterh:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:28 pm
“But . . . but . . . .but . . . everyone else is doing it!” That’s the juvenile comeback every parent of a teenager has heard a thousand times. Just does not cut it. 92% & climbing.
Lofty:
March 20th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Vote yes, vote no, what to do? I’ll think I’ll let a 2000 year dead non-existent superhero guide my finger.
No.
92%
loopyj:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
@12 – Exactly. And if the pastor from the Church of Satan isn’t available, I’m sure these inclusive, non-denominational and ecumenically-minded Christians would have no problem having an Imam lead the ‘generic prayer’.
rrede:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:56 pm
93% no, 7% yes.
Rowlett is just down the road a ways from where we live and work.
When we came to the little rural university, it was typical to start everything with prayers.
Faculty protest has mostly shut that down at at the major events in terms of administrators doing it, or bringing in ministers, but there is still spontaneous outbreak of prayer from commencement speakers *sigh*
Lyn M: Necrodunker of death, nothing but net:
March 20th, 2013 at 7:55 pm
210 to 2825.
Looks like another one bit the dust.
chigau (違う):
March 21st, 2013 at 12:03 am
310 to 3320
are they asleep?
Why is the poll still alive?
harbo:
March 21st, 2013 at 12:59 am
I wish all voting could involve such pleasure.
Samantha Vimes:
March 21st, 2013 at 4:32 am
Hastur! Hastur! Hastur!
thumper1990:
March 21st, 2013 at 6:11 am
It now stands at 8% Yes, 92% No, with 4000 votes.
Yes has gone up a percent! They’re making a comeback, people!