P.Z. Myers is pointing out that Rick Perry's prayers to God are going unanswered. After all, back in April the governor of Texas summoned his fellow citizens to grovel before God and beg for an end to their unprecedented drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor map makes it abundantly clear that prayer doesn't work. Either that, or prayer just pisses God off. In that case, Gov. Perry's prayers have been answered, and the answer is clearly, “Go to hell!” (which Texas is currently a good approximation of).
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I can't remember where I read it, but it's a good fallback for Governor Goodhair (though he'll have to explain it):
God answers every prayer. But sometimes the answer is 'No'.
I vaguely recall being taught in Sunday School that one should never look at the deity's not granting one's prayerful request as cause for loss of faith -- something to the effect that if you don't keep on believing no matter what the outcome, you're surrendering to the devil.
Ah, the "God as Vending Machine" model of belief. Put some prayers in here, get whatever you want out there...apparently Guido, the Deity Vending Machine Repair Guy, has been out to lunch for a longgggg time.
Not only are we not getting rain, there are several wildfires in Central Texas. Bastrop County, just east of Austin, is getting the worst with a 14,000 acre fire. At least 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed. Another fire in South Austin has hit a subdivision, destroying several homes so far.
Sounds awful, Doc. It's easy to make fun of Rick Perry (oh, so easy), but I have friends in Texas I worry about.
Actually, god has lousy aim and is sending all the rain to the east coast (NJ could happily send some of its rain to Texas right now..)
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