Posted on 03/17/2009 8:15:57 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Martin Luther must be turning in his grave. He was able to fight the Roman Catholic Church over indulgences and managed to avoid being burned at the stake. But Luther didn’t face an even greater enemy: the Internet.
Enter Information Age Prayer, a new web service that lets you pay for computer prayers. The company uses “the latest technology in text-to-speech synthesizers” to read aloud your typed prayers “at a volume and speed equivalent to typical person praying.”
In other words, forget praying. Just pay them to do it.
IAP isn’t just for the Jesus followers out there, either. In addition to serving Protestants and Catholics, prayers for Jews, Muslims, “unaffiliated” and “other” are also available. There’s a special on Hail Mary prayers, just $0.07 each. There’s also a handy prayer for financial help (see image below).
The end, finally, is nigh. As I suspected, it was the Internet that did it.
From their website:
Information Age Prayer is a subscription service utilizing a computer with text-to-speech capability to incant your prayers each day. It gives you the satisfaction of knowing that your prayers will always be said even if you wake up late, or forget.
Score one for the entrepreneurs!
The one time Jesus the Christ showed righteous anger involved His Temple and moneychangers. This seems to beg for similar treatment.
THis isn’t a hoax, is it?
THis isn’t a hoax, is it?
If it is, it is really deadpan.
Whois doesn't tell me much:
--------------snip----------
registrant-firstname: Oneandone
registrant-lastname: Private Registration
registrant-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - http://1and1.com/contact
registrant-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300
registrant-street2: ATTN: informationageprayer.com
registrant-pcode: 19087
registrant-state: PA
registrant-city: Chesterbrook
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.8772064254
registrant-email: proxy1729322@1and1-private-registration.com
--------------snip----------------
And here I thought automated prayer was a Buddhist thing, and the Christian way to get prayers done without doing them yourself was to ask a glorified saint (or another Christian still living in this world) to intercede for you.
The Lord will not be mocked. This is a **really** bad idea. Glad I didn’t think of it.
One part amusing, one part pathetic, throw in a dash of missing-the-point and voilá!
Are indulgences important? Having lawfully erected Via Crucis in Catholic Churches
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 26: Indulgences
[What Every Catholic Needs to Know about] Gaining Indulgences [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Vatican says Catholics can get indulgence for sick-day activities (Devotional Announcement)
Catholic Answers: Location and Procession of Choir (and more on indulgences)
Portiuncula Indulgence can be obtained this Sunday
He who holds the keys to the kingdom - the Catholic practice of granting indulgences
Indulgences: Spreading the Wealth
Plenary Indulgence Attainable on Dec. 8
Pope authorizes plenary indulgences marking Vatican II anniversary
Indulgences Never Left!
Misinformation and outright lies about the Catholic Church never left either.
Not in his grave, on a rotisserie in hell.
Truth?
Truth?!?
What place does that concept have here?
Apparently, not much.
“Indulgences Never Left!
Misinformation and outright lies about the Catholic Church never left either.”
Well said. :)
Thanks for the links.
I have no idea what possessed you to throw a handful of links at me, as if 1) I said anything about Catholicism, or 2) I cared what the Roman church said about indulgences.
Synthetic prayers are a complete idiocy and completely un-Catholic. Indulgences — purchased or not — have nothing to do with it.
Glad to see that God made you god
You’re glad to see your own lie?
Is this roasted soul food you’ve developed a recipe for?
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