Outsourced prayer lines confuse callers


	Outsourced prayer lines confuse callers

laceym

4-16-2007 5:36 PM

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religion, prayer, outsourcing

laceym says:

I think this is a satire site, but you never can tell. We have stories about how bananas and peanut butter are evidence for god, so who knows.

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4-16-2007 7:29 PM

granolamom6

Yes, this site is purely satire!

4-17-2007 8:11 AM

debbyski

To think our prayer is being outsourced; what a scary thought! Thank God for satire

4-26-2007 4:33 AM

Thorne

LOL Really, though... would it be terribly surprising if it were true?? NOT!!!!

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