Of course we live in a busy, hurried world. Everyday life is also affected by technology. No time to be spiritual? To borrow from Zager and Evans, "Some machine's doin' that for you." BTW, the lip sync on video is lousy!
Adding together the hurried pace of many lives, the pervasiveness of technology, the hunger to connect with God- not to mention some old fashioned capitalsm- and you get information age prayer. According to the information at the site, "It gives you the satisfaction of knowing that your prayers will always be said even if you wake up late, or forget." Depending on the prayer offered, the cost varies. There are also special prayer categories for Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and the unaffiliated.
Just think- you no longer have to pray. A machine will do it for you. You can go about your busy life knowing that your prayers are being made by a text-to-voice computer. Not only that, but you will have the satisfaction of knowing that 10% of your fee is given to charity. Talk about killing two birds with one stone!
It kinda gives new meaning to the old gospel song, "Somebody prayed for me." More like "My Dell prayed for me." Who hears the prayer? A master server?
The saddest thing is that I didn't make this up.
Now all we need is a computer to go to church for us. Don't laugh. I am quite sure it is coming.
The technology is new but the principle is ancient. Look up "prayer wheels" or "Tibetan prayer wheels" and you will see that attempting to pray on automatic is not new. As you realize, both distort the concept of prayer. However, I have wondered about that line in the gospel song that goes: "feel a little prayer wheel turning."
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