March 21, 2009

Pay for Pray - please, I pray, let this be a hoax. 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.
posted by polychrome 15 years ago
  • So, if you're not actually saying it yourself it still counts? how cool! On the other hand, there are some prayers I wouldn't want to keep repeating.
  • So soon the Electric Monk will also be a reality, right?
  • I was thinking more of Buddhist prayer wheels.
  • Get in on the fast start. Should you really pay for prayers?
  • The eLifeProjects scam is brilliant. - They don't have to do anything because "metaphysical" actions cannot be measured, even in a court of law. - If your request is not solved then have promised nothing and they owe you nothing. - But half of human problems have a way of solving themselves (health, romance, emotional distress etc.) - And half of the people promising money are gullible enough to pay. (With no refunds!) - So they rake in (say) a quarter of all the money promised. It is mechanized religion, without the effort of preaching, and it looks like it will be a money printing machine.
  • This came to my twisted mind. "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
  • I went to the site. I paid to have it say this prayer: "Please have www.informationageprayer.com disappear from the internets"
  • Phil Dick predicted this.
  • The answer is *42*
  • I don't see a problem with this. I'm going to pray for a free account.
  • Ah, it's like the Reformation never happened - let's open up the chantries and get some serious industrial praying going! Also, I want my dog-saint back.
  • Flurker, when you open up an account, you get a free set of prayer beads or a toaster! Here he is, jb!