Um... er... hello?

[pyat]

From cargoweasel and velvetpage


Yes, it's the Day of Prayer for the World Economies.

Ug...

From Exodus, chapter 32:
... So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"....

...7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'" 9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people; 10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them..."

Comments

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Nope, the meeting at the bull statue was organized by Generals International (a prophecy organization), the 700 Club and various evangelic prayer groups. I imagine there were a lot of gawkers (like the one person holding up a cell phone camera), but the folks there are earnestly praying over the bull.

From the Generals International website:
...for this reason, we are meeting with intercessors at the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank and its 12 principal branches around the U.S. on October 29, 2008. We are also going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask God to begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the “Lion’s Market” or God’s control over the economic systems. While we do not have the full revelation of all this will entail, we do know that without intercession, economies will crumble.

Please gather with your prayer groups and networks at financial institutions around the globe. Intercessors are already going to some of the stock exchanges in other nations, but do not assume this is so and make sure that the one in your nation is covered in prayer. Also intercede for the banks and financial institutions in your area.

They were also praying at the Toronto Stock Exchange, I'm sure, but the TSE doesn't have anything so curiously iconic and ironic as a golden bull.

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

OMG. And these are people that preach old bible values. I wonder how they manage that without having actually read the book. Very nice.

Or as the locals would probably say, 'F%^&ing tourists.'

Lee.