Mrs Betty Bowers, Re:This this puritanical pixie, and his placebo of prayer.

[sheshe2]

It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-07-06T17:57:54.977Z

It is galling for this puritanical pixie, who has the secular power to (1) prevent deaths in floods by making sure the National Weather Service is funded; and (2) help now by making sure FEMA is funded, to pretend that all we have as a nation to respond to disasters is the free placebo of prayer.

‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 3h
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

[pfitz59]

1. Xian swine

doing the opposite of what Jesus preached.

[delisen]

2. If all you do is pray, we don't need you in the Senate preying on us. nt

[Nigrum Cattus]

26. There is a very old saying -

Nothing fails like prayer !

[IbogaProject]

41. Prayer is the last refuge of a scoundrel

Lisa Simpson, altering
Samuel Johnson's 1775 quip "Patriotism is the Last Refuge of a Scoundrel".

[Ocelot II]

3. God: "When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you;

even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood." -Isaiah 1:15

[sop]

4. "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

The parable of the drowning man in a flood comes to mind.

https://medium.com/@RationalBadger/the-parable-of-the-drowning-man-b7eec43d95b2

[littlemissmartypants]

11. As much as I love what the parable teaches...

There's not a self-improvement technique in the world that would have a transformational effect on Pixie Mike, President Psychopath or any of their minions.

They are sick and twisted. There is no hope for them. They deserve to drown. It's a horrible way to die.

[Marthe48]

5. God helps those

Who help themselves

Pretend Christians who somehow got elected to power and perverted it, are evil in human skin.

this nasty, venal, ugly meat sack is one of the worst.

[karin_sj]

6. "Puritanical pixie"

Is the perfect way to describe this self-righteous, sanctimonious jerk who thinks he is so far above everyone else. I hate seeing his holier than thou smirk when he answers a reporter's question, and lying his ass off in his response. He is the opposite of what a Christian is supposed to be.

[llmart]

28. I would wager a bet that...

Betty Bowers really want to say "prick" instead of "pixie". It would be more fitting.

[karin_sj]

35. Yes!

It's even more fitting!!

[Martin68]

7. Brilliant choice of words: "the placebo of prayer."

[MadameButterfly]

15. This man gives a bad name to prayer

Real prayer has a placebo component (placebos having the power to sometimes actually heal) but can be much more.
Pretend prayer to make people think you are holy and compassionate when you aren't has no power, placebo or otherwise.
When done by a politician, it's just plain maddening and insulting.

[stollen]

8. Little Lucifer got the Trump memo

COVER MY ASS!

[GiqueCee]

9. That sanctimonious little twat...

... is no more a "Christian" than Beelzebub is a Girl Scout.
No REAL Christian would have even allowed Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" on the floor of the House. A REAL Christian would have chopped it into chum and flushed it down The Orange Gargoyle's golden toilet.
Religion has no place in governance, but Johnson and his ilk want to be the Christian Taliban. ALL of the Founding Fathers were vehemently opposed to ANY religious doctrine influencing America's government in any way, shape, or form.
In Vermont, where I live, it was reportedly forbidden to be anything but a Congregationalist. They had to abandon that position if they wanted statehood. Freedom of religion also means freedom from religion.

[sprinkleeninow]

10. "Faith without works is DEAD."

Oh, yah don't like that one...what..it hurts your ears?

[Gimpyknee]

12. Thoughts and Prayers are all they ever got.

How’s that working out?

[Grokenstein]

13. Like the old saying goes, "Pray in one hand..."

"...and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first."

[ancianita]

14. Good for her. Jesus Christians know what Jesus said about fake pious men like Johnson... they're 'pharisaic christians'

who exempt themselves from the burdens they force upon others.

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray ...that they may be seen of men...Be not ye like unto them..." (Matthew 6:5-8 KJV)


"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forthe evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment (Matthew 12:34-36 KJV)

"...but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay those on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men...Matthew 23:3-5 KJV)

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean” (Matthew 23:25-26 KJV).

"Ye blind guides, which strain on a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Mattew 23:24 KJV)

They need to repent but, like the felon (who has never uttered the name of Jesus), are too far gone to repent.
Pharisaic christian men like Johnson and his fellow prayers worship mammon, the devil of power and wealth, and will be damned for the damage they do to humans under their charge.

[benfranklin1776]

19. Yes these ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing eating us alive...

….are EXACTLY whom Jesus was referring to 😡🤬

[LSparkle]

29. Thank you for the reminder of the word "pharisaic"

An appropriate clarifier that I should use more frequently!

[BurnDoubt]

42. Thank You! All seven American Christians...

Applaud your words.
Slap your Pastor.

[BurnDoubt]

43. All seven American Christians...

Applaud your words.
Slap your Pastor.

[BurnDoubt]

44. ?

[UTUSN]

16. K&R

[madashelltoo]

17. Pray with him if praying

With a demon doesn’t bother you.

[ancianita]

20. Yeah, also if

praying TO the demon of power and wealth doesn't bother you.

[benfranklin1776]

18. Mrs. Betty Bowers speaks for me 😡

And a good many of us, and thinking compassionate people everywhere. ✊🏼

[YepYep]

21. Par for the course

All we can do is pray is as useful as “Thoughts and prayers “ after a mass shooting.
What should have been done is “The first thing we are going to do is use the powers of the federal government to help the people of Texas.

[Mz Pip]

22. What's the point of praying?

The damage is done.

[ancianita]

34. Right?

And the damage that's done to their neighbor (fellow humans) will be exactly what they will have to answer for when their souls stand before God's judgment. On Judgment Day, all humans will be judged for what they did or didn't do to obey what Jesus called the Two Great Commandments:
Love God with your whole heart, soul, strength and mind, and
Love your neighbor as yourself.

What they need to do before anything else is repent, because God forgives, but only those who admit they sinned against God and their neighbor, and ask for forgiveness by praying an act of contrition (show a contrite heart), then do penance/atonement and make amends to those they've hurt.
Because if say they're sorry to God and then go ahead and keep doing to their neighbor what they repented for, they are mocking God, which is unforgivable.
God isn't some ATM machine of forgiveness and salvation.

[rurallib]

23. "the president is dialed in"

From the golf course?

[canetoad]

24. K&R

I'm sure they think that California is the only state with fire and floods.

[NBachers]

25. Sacrificing, their innocent young daughters to their Angry Orange God. How long until the next sacrifice is demanded?

[Mr.Bee]

27. Hey Poindexter

Why Don't You Ask Your Billionaire Tax Cut Recipients To Contribute ??
Or Don't They Belong To This Society ??

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Most children outgrow their

need for their '"Imaginary Companion" by the age of six........many other's don't.........

[Evolve Dammit]

31. A hollow man with zero convictions. Except maybe porn.

[tulipsandroses]

32. You are not paid a government salary to pray. Perhaps reconsider your career and join the seminary.

I don't know why people that vote for republicans do not understand that government is supposed to work for the people.
For crying out loud, you need government to do more than own the libs!
Seriously republican voters should be offended that all these people have to offer is thoughts and prayers.
You can get that for free. Why should these assholes get paid 6 figure salaries and healthcare that some of us don't have have to pray???
Make it make sense.

[Martin Eden]

33. "the free placebo of prayer"

Mrs. Betty Bowers FTW!!!

[Skittles]

36. prayer

it's for sanctimonious assholes who want to feel better for doing nothing

[Xoan]

37. USELESS TWIRP.

[Cassandra325]

38. "Dear children, let us not love in words or speech but in deed and in truth."--I John 3:18

Vote for saving lives instead of tax cuts!

And pray as well.

[Grins]

39. "... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

That’s all the United States can do? The wealthiest country on the planet?

This is what passes for governing by the GOP.

[Grins]

40. He should ask god why "he" caused this flood killing children.

Or maybe pray that god stop his many murders.

[Ping Tung]

45. Who does this idiot think gave us rain?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

46. They use the label

of "Christian," for themselves and wear ridiculous giant crosses, hold open bibles while attempting to look pious, and pose for pictures of themselves gathered around the fugly felon with their eyes closed, as simple signals, like "radical left," "feminazis," "Hilary Clinton," "Obama," etc., are used as triggering signals that something or someone is "bad" and they should hate whatever or whoever is targeted.

There's no depth of thought. It's Pavlovian.

There's no ideology other than hate, greed and stupidity.

[sheshe2]

48. I couldn't agree with you more.

[czarjak]

47. Justa good old BOY!

SBC scum. Jesus has justified his faith. Ask him, somebody.