Here's some more sophisticated theology for you. "Prayer Warriors" in Colorado Springs are hopping into helicopters to fly over the city and deliver prayers from on high. Why? I don't know. Maybe it's the same urge I had when hiking in the mountains in the Rockies and Cascades, and every time I stood at the edge of a high cliff, I felt a temptation to unzip and sprinkle a little shower on the objects below me. I resisted, but gullible Christians apparently lack self control.
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