Ok, this is really ridiculous. I know that the rising gas prices hurt all our wallets and we’re all happy that they started going down, but claming that God is responsabile for that? A prayer group in Washington DC is claiming the credit for the recent sharp drop in the US price of petrol.
Rocky Twyman, 59, a veteran community campaigner, started Pray At The Pump prayer group in Washington DC and held meetings at petrol stations starting in April and over the months since then, he has held similar prayer meetings at pumps all over the US. Since then, the average price of what the US calls gasoline has fallen from more than $4 a gallon to $3.80.
“We were down in Huntsville, Alabama. We finished praying,” Mr Twyman said. “Immediately the owners came out and changed the gas prices. They brought it down. We had marvellous success down in St Louis, Missouri.”
This week the group returned to the site of their first prayer meeting to celebrate. Singing “We shall overcome,” they changed the words of the well-known hymn to “We’ll have lower gas prices”.
Twyman is sceptical that market forces might be responsible for the lower prices. But he and his prayer warriors have changed their motoring habits.
“We believe not just in prayer - because we believe that faith without works is dead. So we’ve encouraged people to car-pool more and organise their days more, because it’s a combination of faith with these other factors.”
So, what do you think, should we thank God for the gas prices drop?
Source: Autoblog
If you enjoyed this post, you might wanna subscribe to our RSS feed. Also, you can subscribe by e-mail and get the latest news about cars, auto industry, concept cars, tuning in your inbox. It's completely free!
no