The Seven Minute and Forty-Five Second God of the US Congress

Yesterday, US congressional chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben proved that if there is any Christian god, he doesn’t listen to her prayers.

Why does the US federal government continue to pay her a big salary to conduct ineffective Christian religious rituals of prayer?

Yesterday, the Christian U.S. House Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben rose to the floor of the House of Representatives as Congress began its day of work.

She prayed to her god, claiming that everything that Congress does is because of the Christian god. Then, she prayed to the Christian god, asking that he direct Congress to take on the weight of its responsibility to glorify Christianity and its god.

It was 6:00 in the evening, and the House was just beginning its work day.

What happened after that?

After being in session for seven minutes and forty-five seconds, the U.S. House of Representative adjourned, and everyone went home to sleep, to get energy for the next day.

Then, today, the U.S. House of Representatives met again. They adjourned and went home to rest after two minutes and fifty-eight seconds of work.

Wow. There’s nothing like the power of prayer, is there?

What a sterling example of the contributions that Christian Nationalism is capable of making.

Why isn’t Margaret Grun Kibben fired for incompetence?

Why does the US Congress continue to pay a fat salary, plus office expenses, plus the salary of a staff for Margaret Grun Kibben?

Oh, you know why: The congressional chaplains are paid cheerleaders for the political extremism of Christian Nationalism, an ideology that wants nothing more than to destroy democracy in the United States of America.

Lyrics of the song we made about it this massive prayer failure, played at the end of this episode:

For seven minutes
and forty-five seconds
starting at six o'clock
in the evening
Congress began its day
The government chaplain
took to the floor
and offered a prayer
to her god.

She prayed
Generous and
munificent God
You have brought
this body together.
All that we have,
and all that we are,
are all from your hand.
May our stewardship
of this weight of
responsibilities serve
to glorify you.

They worked for
seven minutes
and forty five seconds
but her god could not
keep it up.
So after seven minutes
and forty five seconds
they went home
and gave up.

The Republican
Congress
could not keep it up.
Though the chaplain
prayed her god
could not
keep it up.

They worked for
seven minutes
and forty-five seconds
but her god could not
keep it up.
So after seven minutes
and forty five seconds
they went home
and gave up.

Or maybe
maybe
maybe
that god
was
never
there.