This is probably a thing elsewhere, and I can't help but view it with a degree of cynicism. My parents left a leaflet lying around for a prayer session in my town to pray that we get the right representative for our town in the up coming 2015 United Kingdom General Election. One assumes that people from all sides of the political spectrum will be attending the meeting. I asked them about this and they said: "God always does what's best" (what a lame response).
My mother is an immigrant and I happen to think that the United Kingdom Independence Party has a real chance in our constituency, as it does in a whole bunch across England. In fact, if I remember rightly, there is a UKIP Councillor that attends the same Church as my parents. Everyone in my family has a dislike for UKIP - for a variety of reasons. So, I asked my mother: "If UKIP comes first where we live, will this mean that Yaweh allowed the best candidate to win?"
She had no answer. But I doubt that, even they do win where we live, she question her religion. I don't know about you, but I think these election prayers are people praying for the candidate they want to win rather praying to get the candidate that will actually do the best job at representing them at a regional, national or even international level, as the case may be. The people attending can't see into the future so they won't know who, if any, will do a good job of representing them. Regardless of how many prayers are done, people are still going to vote for the candidate they want to win.
My mother is an immigrant and I happen to think that the United Kingdom Independence Party has a real chance in our constituency, as it does in a whole bunch across England. In fact, if I remember rightly, there is a UKIP Councillor that attends the same Church as my parents. Everyone in my family has a dislike for UKIP - for a variety of reasons. So, I asked my mother: "If UKIP comes first where we live, will this mean that Yaweh allowed the best candidate to win?"
She had no answer. But I doubt that, even they do win where we live, she question her religion. I don't know about you, but I think these election prayers are people praying for the candidate they want to win rather praying to get the candidate that will actually do the best job at representing them at a regional, national or even international level, as the case may be. The people attending can't see into the future so they won't know who, if any, will do a good job of representing them. Regardless of how many prayers are done, people are still going to vote for the candidate they want to win.
