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Alaska Airlines removing prayer cards from meal trays after 30 years as complaints increase - Comments
Some folk just don't pray hard enough.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:33:17 UTC | #911572
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:45:54 UTC | #911574
Oh darn! Just when I was going to ask for my FSM prayer card, with the pasta, on my next flight.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:47:23 UTC | #911576
"Read more" ------> "The page you are looking for doesn't exist."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:52:13 UTC | #911578
The prophecy according to ZAZ (Zucker Abrahams Zucker):
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:03:39 UTC | #911581
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:14:03 UTC | #911584
Comment 8 by ccr5Delta32
“Some customers were comforted by the cards and some didn’t feel religion was appropriate on the plane "
That's more of a muslim kinda thing
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:18:39 UTC | #911585
I flew Alaska Airlines long before prayer cards and Sarah Palin!
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:18:58 UTC | #911586
flew Alaska Airlines long before prayer cards and Sarah Palin!
Are ya Orville or Wilbur? }80p
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:21:54 UTC | #911588
The Read More should point to here.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:26:38 UTC | #911590
I have an irrational fear of flying. I admit it is irrational. Knowing that an airline was handing out prayer cards would really, really not help with that fear.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:32:32 UTC | #911593
With all its gallant crew,
We waited for a word,
Then a noise broke,
Through the humming and this is what we heard:
Though there's one motor gone,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer;
What a show, what a fight, boys,
WWII patriotic song, 1943
by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:34:49 UTC | #911594
If faith had any impact on flight we wouldn't need aircraft would we?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:41:32 UTC | #911596
"Oh Lord, you are so very, very, big, and we are so very, very, small; please let the Navier–Stokes equations keep this plane in the air until we can safely land. Amen."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:56:06 UTC | #911600
I prayed once. She never showed up.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:48:18 UTC | #911611
Thirty years in not that long ago! I know deep time is a difficult concept for the young to wrap their heads around!
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:36 UTC | #911614
"Oh Lord, I know you are going to make a lot of people suffer horribly today. But let it not be me. Please give a little baby cancer and let me live."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:04:06 UTC | #911616
Comment 20 by Pdogg
I can understand why the airlines don't want encourage people to burst into prayer after September 11.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:07:01 UTC | #911617
"oh lord, let my Denver Broncos win this football game." Think that is a sufficiently selfish prayer?
BTW, I do not mind Tim Tebow and am not directly attacking him.....
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:08:11 UTC | #911618
Ever run into Sara Palin on your travels??? I'd rather run into Michael Palin. I'd bore him to death while sara would bore me to death....
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:33:13 UTC | #911622
You wouldn't be expected to know this but the Palin Administration loathed Juneau. I chose not to meet her! Not to say it would have been easy. She essentially never stayed at the local Governor's Mansion, preferring instead to bilk Alaskans out of thousands of dollars in travel stipends so she could stay in her neighborhood of Wasilla (or Wa-silly now) 600 air miles away DURING session. The list goes on and on and she was no friend to science.
My wife's friend met her at a shoe store (how unexpected!) and chatted her up. An otherwise friendly politician I was told, so long as power and responsibility was kept the hell away from her.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:51:43 UTC | #911626
Comment 25 by Tryphon Tournesol
Is it just me, still a bit drunk at 6 o'clock and rather awake between the remnants of ladies underwear and an otherwise nice party, that I find every comment on this item just too funny?
Might think different in a couple of hours, but for now methinks this topic should also be tagged as humor..
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:57:11 UTC | #911628
Comment 26 by spaarky13
"Does your granny know of which state Juneau is the capital?" ALASKA! geddit? Personally, I'd welcome prayer cards handed out by bus drivers on boarding-- a quicker and better read than Metro.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:54 UTC | #911629
What are the odds that three comments of such high calibre would appear so closely together on one thread?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:02:24 UTC | #911630
I'd like, very much, to study GOD. Could you please provide me with a beaker (50 ml would be fine) of god? I have so many questions.... A beaker of god would provide me with all I need...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:10:46 UTC | #911632
Comment 29 by DLJ
Comment 24 by Sample :
You wouldn't be expected to know this but the Palin Administration loathed Juneau.
It's tempting to remind everyone of the old "D'you know the capital of Alaska" ditty, but I won't.
I would have loved to heard Palin's reply. I expect it would have started "Ah Bleeve that every Amarican has the right to choose the names by which...."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:12:16 UTC | #911633
Does this mean that officially now, if you fly Alaska Air you won't have a prayer ?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:21:43 UTC | #911647
Alaska Airlines removing prayer cards from meal trays after 30 years as complaints increase - Comments Page 1 - RichardDawkins.net d
Alaska Airlines removing prayer cards from meal trays after 30 years as complaints increase - Comments
Some folk just don't pray hard enough.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:33:17 UTC | #911572
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:45:54 UTC | #911574
Oh darn! Just when I was going to ask for my FSM prayer card, with the pasta, on my next flight.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:47:23 UTC | #911576
"Read more" ------> "The page you are looking for doesn't exist."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:52:13 UTC | #911578
The prophecy according to ZAZ (Zucker Abrahams Zucker):
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:03:39 UTC | #911581
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:14:03 UTC | #911584
Comment 8 by ccr5Delta32
“Some customers were comforted by the cards and some didn’t feel religion was appropriate on the plane "
That's more of a muslim kinda thing
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:18:39 UTC | #911585
I flew Alaska Airlines long before prayer cards and Sarah Palin!
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:18:58 UTC | #911586
flew Alaska Airlines long before prayer cards and Sarah Palin!
Are ya Orville or Wilbur? }80p
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:21:54 UTC | #911588
The Read More should point to here.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:26:38 UTC | #911590
I have an irrational fear of flying. I admit it is irrational. Knowing that an airline was handing out prayer cards would really, really not help with that fear.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:32:32 UTC | #911593
With all its gallant crew,
We waited for a word,
Then a noise broke,
Through the humming and this is what we heard:
Though there's one motor gone,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer;
What a show, what a fight, boys,
WWII patriotic song, 1943
by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:34:49 UTC | #911594
If faith had any impact on flight we wouldn't need aircraft would we?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:41:32 UTC | #911596
"Oh Lord, you are so very, very, big, and we are so very, very, small; please let the Navier–Stokes equations keep this plane in the air until we can safely land. Amen."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:56:06 UTC | #911600
I prayed once. She never showed up.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:48:18 UTC | #911611
Thirty years in not that long ago! I know deep time is a difficult concept for the young to wrap their heads around!
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:36 UTC | #911614
"Oh Lord, I know you are going to make a lot of people suffer horribly today. But let it not be me. Please give a little baby cancer and let me live."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:04:06 UTC | #911616
Comment 20 by Pdogg
I can understand why the airlines don't want encourage people to burst into prayer after September 11.
Thu, 
26 Jan 2012 04:07:01 UTC | #911617
"oh lord, let my Denver Broncos win this football game." Think that is a sufficiently selfish prayer?
BTW, I do not mind Tim Tebow and am not directly attacking him.....
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:08:11 UTC | #911618
Ever run into Sara Palin on your travels??? I'd rather run into Michael Palin. I'd bore him to death while sara would bore me to death....
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:33:13 UTC | #911622
You wouldn't be expected to know this but the Palin Administration loathed Juneau. I chose not to meet her! Not to say it would have been easy. She essentially never stayed at the local Governor's Mansion, preferring instead to bilk Alaskans out of thousands of dollars in travel stipends so she could stay in her neighborhood of Wasilla (or Wa-silly now) 600 air miles away DURING session. The list goes on and on and she was no friend to science.
My wife's friend met her at a shoe store (how unexpected!) and chatted her up. An otherwise friendly politician I was told, so long as power and responsibility was kept the hell away from her.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:51:43 UTC | #911626
Comment 25 by Tryphon Tournesol
Is it just me, still a bit drunk at 6 o'clock and rather awake between the remnants of ladies underwear and an otherwise nice party, that I find every comment on this item just too funny?
Might think different in a couple of hours, but for now methinks this topic should also be tagged as humor..
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:57:11 UTC | #911628
Comment 26 by spaarky13
"Does your granny know of which state Juneau is the capital?" ALASKA! geddit? Personally, I'd welcome prayer cards handed out by bus drivers on boarding-- a quicker and better read than Metro.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:54 UTC | #911629
What are the odds that three comments of such high calibre would appear so closely together on one thread?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:02:24 UTC | #911630
I'd like, very much, to study GOD. Could you please provide me with a beaker (50 ml would be fine) of god? I have so many questions.... A beaker of god would provide me with all I need...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:10:46 UTC | #911632
Comment 29 by DLJ
Comment 24 by Sample :
You wouldn't be expected to know this but the Palin Administration loathed Juneau.
It's tempting to remind everyone of the old "D'you know the capital of Alaska" ditty, but I won't.
I would have loved to heard Palin's reply. I expect it would have started "Ah Bleeve that every Amarican has the right to choose the names by which...."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:12:16 UTC | #911633
Does this mean that officially now, if you fly Alaska Air you won't have a prayer ?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:21:43 UTC | #911647