Looks like God doesn't always pay attention

[shemp]

Answered Prayers In Mississippi

Civilian contractor Thomas Hamill's daring escape Sunday after three weeks as a hostage in Iraq has this tiny town of just 2,500 celebrating, saying prayers of thanksgiving, and planning a parade for when Hamill comes home.

In Macon, he's better known as Tommy - the guy they've been praying for non-stop since April 9th, when he was taken as a hostage in Iraq by rebels that attacked the fuel convoy he was in.

Church deacon and Sunday school teacher John Gauntt, 36, said he was in bed when his wife ran down the hall yelling "Tommy is free!"

"We believe that everything works for the good for those that trust him," Gauntt said.

Meanwhile, there are reports that God was out playing shuffleboard when these people's prayers came in:

At least 9 U.S. troops killed in Iraq attacks

At least nine U.S. service members were killed in Iraq on Sunday, the military said, signaling the possibility that U.S. casualties in Iraq may continue at the same grisly pace as in April, until now the bloodiest month since the conflict began 13 months ago.

I guess He doesn't have an answering machine for when He's out. Or maybe they were all Satanists. Yeah, Satanists, yeah, that's it, that's the ticket!

 

[Donks]

Perhaps there were a bunch of Iraquis praying for the deaths of American troops, and God flipped a coin. I mean, that's probably what he does on the Superbowl when both teams pray to him.

/joke

 

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

If I were God, and I'm not saying that I'm not, I would set up an automated system to handle these details. Then I could spend my days on Universe's Best Beach on Planet Thwarg in the Zalorjni system.

~~ Paul

 

[Skeptical Greg]

You people obviously do not know what goes into prayer answering..

There's ' the plan ', the ' greater good ' and the ever incomprehensible ' mysterious ways '..

Being God is not easy..

 

[Iconoclast]

If I were God, and I'm not saying that I'm not, I would set up an automated system to handle these details.

Well if I was a God I'd have prevented the guy from getting kidnapped in the first place. I say the current God is incompetent, let's kick him out on his ear and elect someone else.

 

[EdipisReks]

Well if I was a God I'd have prevented the guy from getting kidnapped in the first place. I say the current God is incompetent, let's kick him out on his ear and elect someone else.

i hereby nominate myself.

 

[rebecca]

let's kick him out on his ear and elect someone else.

Must we ELECT a new god? I mean, it'll probably just come down the Supreme Court picking, and we know how that usually works out.

 

[Marian]

Especially with Scalia on the bench.

Quack, quack, quack.