Mexican evangelists pray for Marilyn Manson

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Seems like the Almighty is being given a choice this week: while John Paul 2 is urging his audience in St Peter's Square to pray for HIM, in Monterrey, Mexico evangelical Christians are targeting their prayers in a different direction:


MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) -- Dozens of Bible-wielding Mexican evangelical Christians prayed for the soul of Marilyn Manson on Thursday in a protest against a planned concert by the shock rocker.
About 100 people sang hymns and prayed outside local government buildings in the center of the northern city of Monterrey, where Manson, infamous for ripping up Bibles and invoking Satan on stage, is to play November 5.

"We are praying for him so that he can know God and become transformed," said demonstration organizer Arsenia Campos, whose daughter was killed last year by a young man who later said he was involved in a Satanic cult.

The group presented 3,000 signatures to the City Council this week asking it to halt the gig but Monterrey Mayor Felipe de Jesus Cantu said Wednesday the Manson show would go ahead. "We ask you Lord to enlighten the authorities and bless the community to avoid all evil," said Sonia Ruiz, a housewife. Monterrey is one of Mexico's most conservative cities.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/10/16/marilyn.manson.reut/index.html


With so much God news in the news this week, it may be worthwhile to ponder earlier news regarding the (non) efficacy of prayer in US hospital trials:

(http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=167267&mesg_id=167267)

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1. Addendum: It ain't Marilyn who needs those prayers in hospital

right now:


Kiss guitarist shot outside club:


Former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick has been shot in the leg and grazed by a bullet to the head outside a West Hollywood nightclub.
Thursday's shooting occurred when a clubber began shooting into a crowd of 300 people, according to police. One other person was shot in the foot. Kulick was treated at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre and released. The 49-year-old was the lead guitarist for Kiss between 1984 and 1996 and has since formed his own band.

He was injured standing outside a music club about a quarter-of-a-block from the Rainbow Room club, one of the most infamous venues in Los Angeles. The gunman was arrested and treated for wounds after being tackled to the ground. The Rainbow Room is the venue where Marilyn Monroe met her future husband, baseball star Joe DiMaggio, in the 1950s.

Kiss are one of the biggest rock bands in US history, having formed in New York in 1973, and achieving fame through their elaborate make-up, outrageous costumes and spectacular live show.

The band was formed by bass player Gene Simmons and singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley. Frehley left the band in 1984 to be replaced by Kulick, but later rejoined the band for tours and their 1998 album Psycho Circus.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3199760.stm

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2. What the???

Church of the holy Mascara??