What drew me to this article was the subheading:
"Faithful Pack London Churches To Pray For Peace"
I thought it was interesting that even in heavily secular humanist England, the first thing many people do after a disaster like this is to seek God (either in an attempt to appease Him somehow for having been uninterested in Him, or in a genuine endeavor to find answers). Here's the relevant part of the article:
The faithful gathered Sunday in London churches to mourn the bombing victims and pray for peace and calm.
At St. Pancras Parish Church, a memorial service was held to remember the victims, including 13 people who were killed just a few yards away when a bomb destroyed a double-decker bus.
Candles were lit and special prayers were also offered at St. Paul's Cathedral.
Britain's top religious leaders plan to issue a joint statement appealing to Muslims, Christians and Jews to unite in their condemnation of terrorism and their resolve to fight it.
Wait a minute... is this like the Church of Insulin or something? St. Pancreas? Oh, sorry... St. Pancras. I guess I should go look it up and see who this Pancras dude was.
And then the "top religious leaders" are working on a joint statement appealing to Muslims, Christians and Jews to unite in their condemnation... blahblahblah... yeah. As if.
Good luck with that.
One other snippet grabbed my attention, however:
In Rome, Pope Benedict said on Sunday that people should pray for the bombers who carried out Thursday's attacks in London. And he also says the attackers should "stop in the name of God!"
The pope said he feels "a profound sadness" over the attacks. He made his comments during the traditional Sunday blessing to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square.
On Thursday, he issued a telegram of condolence to the Church of England's Archbishop of Westminster, saying he deplored the "barbaric acts against humanity" and was praying for the victims.
Ummmm, Benny? "Stop in the name of God"??? Has anybody ever told you that, in the eyes of the al-Qaeda types, you're an infidel dog worthy of the wrath of Allah? THEY DON'T KNOW GOD, ya goof. I'm imagining ole Benny standing at a microphone with three lovely backup singers, singing "Stop! In the name of God!" That's really going to be effective, man. It'd be better if you'd just stick to praying for them, that they would be confronted with the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and turn away from their life of slavery to Satan.
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