Man claims prayer brought pump prices down
In the book of Genesis, man was given dominion over all the plants and animals, so we're guessing that dead, liquified ones count, too. Since Rocky Twyman started his Pray At The Pump effort in April, average fuel prices have certainly fallen. Twyman believes that his groups' prayers have effected the change, and that no other factors like shifting consumer behavior, international conflict, or speculators has anything to do with it. Right.
The Pray At The Pump group is not just asking for divine fuel price intervention without also encouraging acts of sacrifice on behalf of man – Twyman's ministry strongly encourages car pooling and better organized trips to maximize conservation on a day to day basis. After all, committing the mortal sin of gluttony while asking for the Lord to make it easier on us all would ring kind of hollow. We suppose even the non-faithful can get behind Twyman's effort in that it's at least as effective as the various fuel-saving trinkum that internet scheisters are imploring us to buy (run your car on water? hydrogen "batteries"?), and it costs nothing, to boot. Combined with a regimen of proven fuel-saving behaviors, extra prayers certainly can't hurt in keeping the flow of car-sustaining manna trickling along at an affordable price.
[Source: BBC, AutoblogGreen, Photo: daylife.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Cornholio 7:06PM (8/18/2008)
Hey Autoblog, do you just post these sort of stories to bait the sane-minded among us to post rants about religious nutcases?
Just checking.
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azzo45 7:33PM (8/18/2008)
Amen brother!!!
:) :) :) Couldn't resist!
Torrent 7:56PM (8/18/2008)
His name is Rocky? According to his statements, rocky is probably the type of hill he fell down when he was little.
dave0mary 8:03PM (8/18/2008)
The fool says there is no God. Think about it - you've probably been around 30-50 years ... compared to all history. And you're sure prayer is lunacy? Be careful, alots a stake.
hhsohn 8:12PM (8/18/2008)
I think someone at Autoblog gets a rise out of posting these nuts as strawmen...
Arsenal 9:33PM (8/18/2008)
dave0mary
"compared to all history".... you sure about that, chief? Be careful. There's a lot at stake.
I love it when the foolish call others fools.
WhyNotTheC63? 1:36AM (8/19/2008)
I know the truth. That's all that matters to you.
Snark 8:11AM (8/19/2008)
Who knows, but it's time for this boy to start praying for some blow and hookers.
Ben 7:07PM (8/18/2008)
"Since Rocky Twyman started his Pray At The Pump effort in April, average fuel prices have certainly fallen."
Really??? I don't think that's actually true.
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agreed 7:08PM (8/18/2008)
if only they prayed that hard for world peace.
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Allan 7:10PM (8/18/2008)
Really... of all things to pray for. What a joke.
Harrison 7:09PM (8/18/2008)
Schisters? It's shysters.
You've gotta love the self-fulfilling prophecy. He thought prayer brought down prices, they went down, now it reinforces his beliefs. This is the textbook self-fulfilling prophecy.
I lol at his efforts for now. I'll pray for a Subaru Legacy. Let's see if that'll come true...
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chrisdavis 7:50PM (8/18/2008)
You give him too much credit. This is not a self-fulfilling prophecy. That would mean that their actions - at least indirectly - contributed to a change in gas prices.
Adam 7:57PM (8/18/2008)
It's actually not textbook, but good try.
Harrison 11:05PM (8/18/2008)
Aah...I see. You learn something new everyday.
Harrison 11:11PM (8/18/2008)
But you could argue that their actions, carpooling and whatnot may have made a small dent in the large ocean that is oil prices. So yeah, I kinda streteched it a bit.
Can't we still ding this guy for some kind of delusion(s) of grandeur? :D
Michael 7:16PM (8/18/2008)
Wow.
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3seriesisking 7:18PM (8/18/2008)
Who wouldn't believe this fella? His name IS Rocky.
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Jon 7:23PM (8/18/2008)
What a stupid posting, what do you know, maybe believers thought the prayers affected the behavior that caused the prices to go down. It might sound crazy, but let people be. When you look at the big picture of the world, it's pretty amazing how a bunch of things have come together to make life possible, so I'm not going to act like anything out of the natural can't exist.
People who go out of their way to ridicule these people are the first to question the presence and existence of a God when anything bad happens, that's the only part that annoys me, they want it both ways, no way God could have any influence when good things happen, but when the tides are turned...my 2 cents
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dpb! 7:55PM (8/18/2008)
I don't think anyone is questioning God. They are questioning like 12 people standing around a gas pump thinking their talking to God has influenced prices. If God is wasting his time to lower gas a few notches, that sucks...lots more to do out there buddy!