http://humorality.com/2009/08/31/outsourcing-prayer/ Humor for the common good Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://humorality.com/2009/08/31/outsourcing-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Red Hot Read - A Firestorm for Your Mind » Too Busy to Pray? Outsource! Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:52:28 +0000 http://humorality.com/?p=128#comment-40 [...] to Indian Clergy (New York Times); Information Age Prayer website; Tim Patrick’s article Outsourcing Prayer ; and, what the heck, take a look at The Onion, even though it’s a secular [...] [...] to Indian Clergy (New York Times); Information Age Prayer website; Tim Patrick’s article Outsourcing Prayer ; and, what the heck, take a look at The Onion, even though it’s a secular [...]

]]> http://humorality.com/2009/08/31/outsourcing-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-39 JP Gonzalez Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:50:34 +0000 http://humorality.com/?p=128#comment-39 Why stop with prayer? It seems "Good Works" are ripe for outsourcing. The logic would go something like this: We are saved by faith alone, however, faith without works is dead. Faith is obviously a core competence that should remain in-house (or in-church, if you will), however, the requirement to do those pesky non-core good deeds (lest our faith be given an autopsy report) could be performed in countries with cheaper labor costs (which, coincidentally, have a higher degree of need). ;-) Why stop with prayer? It seems “Good Works” are ripe for outsourcing. The logic would go something like this: We are saved by faith alone, however, faith without works is dead. Faith is obviously a core competence that should remain in-house (or in-church, if you will), however, the requirement to do those pesky non-core good deeds (lest our faith be given an autopsy report) could be performed in countries with cheaper labor costs (which, coincidentally, have a higher degree of need).

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