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John Keilman: Muslims to pray for Cubs at Wrigley [LINK-ZUM]

As far as Ricardo Pena is concerned, rescuing the Cubs' teetering season will take a lot more than rally caps. So at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, he plans to assemble 100 Muslims outside Wrigley Field to pray for Allah to change the team's dim fortunes. [...] A lot of petitioners have been knocking on the boss' door lately, among them the Greek Orthodox priest who blessed the Cubs dugout on Wednesday and countless other fans who have offered up their silent prayers for victory. [...] "We don't know if our prayers work, but it can't hurt," said Lisa Bellows, associate rabbi at Congregation Beth Am in Buffalo Grove. "We've been praying extra hard for the Cubs to win at our house, and so far, [the prayers] have not been heard."

[Article continues at link. In case the Muslim, Christian and Jewish worlds have not been paying attention for the past few thousand years, this article points out two facts they might like to contemplate. First, people pray for things that are at odds with the things other people are praying for. Second, nothing fails like prayer. Having planted those two opportunities to doubt in the mind of the faithful, they might also like to ask themselves why God would care enough to swing a baseball game but not enough to cure a single disease. Or ask themselves why it is within human ability to both swing a baseball game and to cure a disease or two but God, that all-powerful invisible monster that lives in the sky, hasn't been able to get around to it yet. - Trevor Blake]

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