Re: Thank God? The war prayer Mark Twain

I was indeed delighted to find a short story that so encapsulated my thoughts on prayer.

To pray for one to win is to pray for the others to lose. And that's not nice. Best it be a game of skills and not left up to invisible men in the sky.

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[azrienoch]

You've discovered my love.

[nadiaTeeze]

mark twain or war posters?

[azrienoch]

Mark Twain. I've been tempted to drill a hole in a couple of his books just so I can fuck him. But first editions and drills don't mix.

[nadiaTeeze]

lulz. thats what I call love for books.

[KasparHauser4]

If the POPE had spoken out vigoursly against Adolph Hitler...there would never had been a WW2. When was the last time our religious leaders spoke out strongly against a war? Some of them may have spoken out against the Vietnam war but only after the majority of the people decided that war was wrong. Church leaders are NOT moral guides for us in our lives.

[RPenta]

@KasparHauser4

I never want to give clerics-Christian, Jewish, or Moslem a free pass-but I seriously doubt Pope Pius X could have stopped the Nazis--he and the church could have done more--but they have such an anti-communist fear that the Fascists seemed like protectors. It was especially difficult in Spain as Franco was definitely pro-Church and many Republicans were militantly even violently anti-clerical.

[azrienoch]

@RPenta That made sense.

[RPenta]

@azrienoch

You can trying drilling another hole in your head, but it must be pretty windy there already, as there is nothing between your ears.

[ihavelovetoshare]

Thanks!

[middlekk]

You should read Twain's Letters From the Earth.

[R055HP]

You shoudl amke audiobooks. You are quite a good narrator.

[crg64]

A little less war and a lot more love.Peace

[rowsdowersavesus]

amen

[kimlea69]

good job