Your opinion on "Prayer Shaming"?

[Joods]

True story:

I had a downstairs neighbor who told me she sa'ved a sick, premie baby by praying over it really hard.  Seriously.  I even asked her if the parents weren't probably praying as well? She said they were too distraught to "pray effectively, and she KNOWS it was her prayers that saved that baby.  She spent a lot of time patting herself on the back, and told that story often. Anyway.

Overall, I have little issue with people praying during or after a crisis.  But in this case, the newspaper was specifically targeting politicians who say they will pray, who have the power to make effectual change, but instead continue to push forward with political agendas that only worsen social ills.  So, they needed calling out, IMO.

Just out of curiosity, did the neighbor happen to acknowledge any of the trained medical staff who put their skills into treating this premie? Because you know, I would have loved the opportunity to debate that with your neighbor. I'll be that would have been fun watching her turn a million shades of crimson.