A Christian group called Catholic Charismatic Renewal is asking believers to observe a week of prayer in the lead-up to the upcoming second Global Atheist Convention here in Melbourne in April :
There’s a call for Chistians to pray in response to a Global Atheist Convention.
Believers across Australia are invited to stand together to honour God and pray for 9 days from Friday 6 April through to Sunday 15 April.
Co-ordinated by Catholic Charismatic Renewal, organisers are asking for Christians to pray that those who do not yet believe in the love of God the Father, the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, would come to a place of repentence, and turn to Christ.
I approve. It should keep the buggers busy enough to stay away from our children for a few days. I find it quite hilarious to see how the believers seem to have this notion that they have to pray as hard as they can, faced with this horrible coming-together of beer-drinking rationalists who militantly read books and demand evidence for claims of the supernatural. Someone is not as assured in their beliefs as they want to make us believe.
They are so funny aren’t they?
“Co-ordinated by Catholic Charismatic Renewal, organisers are asking for Christians to pray that those who do not yet believe in the love of God the Father, the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, would come to a place of repentence, and turn to Christ.”
Those who do not yet believe? I would think that the majority of those attending the convention would be people who used to believe but now know better. I wonder if it will shake their faith in their all powerful god when they don’t get a single taker? By rights he should be capable of having the whole lot of them down on their knees singing the halleluyah Chorus.
So, there’a thing called “Catholic Charismatic Renewal”. What do they wear to be so charismatic? They’d be hard pressed to beat those leery old men mincing around the vatican. They look very charismatic if not a wee bit over dressed. What they really need os a bit of Hillsong showbiz. Ditch the organ, grab an accordion and harmonica and join the modern age. Happy clappy and chants all seem to work for some of the more out there churchy thingies, so the catholics need to get with the time and get their “Catholic Charismatic Renewal team” to earn their pay.