The journalist was giving all the credit of the crime not happening to the "Power of Prayer". I'm fine with the woman believing what she wants to about the role of prayer. It's when the journalist also plays into it reporting it as fact that I have a problem.
On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:00 AM, G Money wrote: > > What's the irresponsible part.....? The title? > > This woman is entitled to her (wrong) opinion that God somehow > intervened. > They are just recounting her story...and it IS an extraordinary story. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So I'm watching GMA this morning when a story comes on titled "The >> Power of Prayer". Basically this woman talks about how this man came >> into a check cashing business to rob it. He pulls a gun. She says >> she's afraid, starts crying and praying. Interspersed with the >> prayer >> she tells the guy that he's better than this and doesn't need to do >> it >> -- asks him if he has children also - she has two - sparks a dialog >> between the two that in the end diffuses the situation. >> >> My issues: >> >> 1.) It insinuates anyone else who's been on the wrong side of a gun >> and prayed about it but still got shot must not have been as close to >> god as this woman was. >> 2.) It totally discounts the psychology this woman either knowingly >> or >> unknowingly used on this guy. >> 3.) It assumes this guy was whole heartedly into pulling this off --- >> though he only had one bullet. >> >> >> What I propose: >> >> Let's find a little more hardened criminal, like a Geoffrey Dahmer, >> and use this woman again and repeat the scenario. Then let's compare >> results. >> >> >> http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/clerk-recounts-alleged-robbers-dramatic-change-heart/story?id=8887628 >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
