{"id":25266,"date":"2012-01-10T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/public-prayer-as-a-way-of-paying-off-a-bet.html"},"modified":"2012-01-11T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T22:52:13","slug":"public-prayer-as-a-way-of-paying-off-a-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/public-prayer-as-a-way-of-paying-off-a-bet.html","title":{"rendered":"Public prayer as a way of paying off a bet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does it strike anyone else as odd that, as a result of a "good-natured bet" that a public official (the mayor of Pittsburgh) is doing a "Tebow" in public? I mean, either he's praying as the result of a wager (which seems distasteful) or pretending to pray as the result of a wager (ditto). And he's doing it as an elected government official.<\/p>\n

I think I'd be insulted whether I was a believer or not. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPittsburgh Mayor makes good on NFL bet, takes a Tebow knee | The Spot \u2014 Denver, Colorado politics and government news \u2014 The Denver Post<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravensthal made good on a bet with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock over the result of Sunday's NFL playoff game.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Does it strike anyone else as odd that, as a result of a "good-natured bet" that a public official (the mayor of Pittsburgh) is doing a "Tebow" in public? I mean, either he's praying as the result of a wager (which seems distasteful) or pretending to pray as the result of a wager (ditto). 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