{"id":645,"date":"2011-05-05T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T04:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=645"},"modified":"2011-05-05T23:33:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T03:33:25","slug":"happy-national-day-of-prayer-still-not-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/05\/happy-national-day-of-prayer-still-not-canceled.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED With Faith Links: Happy National Day of Prayer (Still Not Canceled!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/president-declares-may-5-national-day.html\">National Day of Prayer<\/a>, and somehow this year we&#8217;ve managed not to hear any <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/president-obama-has-not-cancelled-national-day-of-prayer.html\">rumors about it being canceled<\/a> by our not-Muslim President Obama. Perhaps this is the ultimate indication that killing Osama bin Laden &#8212;\u00a0pretty much the answer to our national prayers for the past decade &#8212;\u00a0finally silenced the birthers\/haters? Nah, they&#8217;re just awkwardly mutating into deathers&#8230; so hey, how about releasing that birth certificate, er, I mean a gruesome photo of bin Laden&#8217;s corpse?<\/p>\n<p>I kid, I kid. It&#8217;s also Cinco de Mayo. And yesterday was Star Wars Day, aka May the 4th Be With You day. So, good times all around.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.&#8221; Here are some links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/05\/05\/day-of-prayer-observed-as-always-with-reverence-and-controversy\/\">Day of Prayer observed as always, with reverence and controversy<\/a> (CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2011\/05\/after_court_giv.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctpolitics+%28Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">After Court Gives OK, Christians Mark National Day of Prayer <\/a>(Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsblogs.chicagotribune.com\/religion_theseeker\/2011\/05\/national-day-of-not-you.html\">National Day of &#8220;Not You&#8221; <\/a>(Chicago Tribune&#8217;s Seeker)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsblogs.chicagotribune.com\/religion_theseeker\/2011\/05\/a-national-day-of-prayer-keeps-us-all-in-check.html\">A National Day of Prayer Keeps Us All in Check <\/a>(Chicago Tribune&#8217;s Seeker)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/features-the-religion-world\/2011\/05\/05\/on-national-day-of-prayer-its-national-day-of-reason-for-some\/\">On National Day of Prayer, It&#8217;s National Day of Reason for Some <\/a>(Orlando Sentinel&#8217;s Religion World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s National Day of Prayer, and somehow this year we&#8217;ve managed not to hear any rumors about it being canceled by our not-Muslim President Obama. Perhaps this is the ultimate indication that killing Osama bin Laden &#8212;\u00a0pretty much the answer to our national prayers for the past decade &#8212;\u00a0finally silenced the birthers\/haters? 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