Fox News Poll: Most Say Prayer Helped Save Congresswoman Giffords

[Still a Democrat]

Source: Fox News

Nearly 8 in 10 American voters say they believe prayers helped Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords survive the Tucson shooting, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

The congresswoman and 18 others were shot on Jan. 8 at a town-hall meeting in Tucson. Her neurosurgeon has called her recovery “miraculous.” Giffords is expected to be transferred to a rehabilitation facility as early as Friday to continue recovering from brain injuries she suffered after being shot in the head.

Seventy-seven percent of voters believe prayers helped save Giffords, while 17 percent don’t believe that. The remaining 6 percent are unsure.

Those most likely to believe prayer saved Giffords include white Born-Again Christians (95 percent), those who regularly attend religious services (91 percent), blacks (91 percent), Republicans (84 percent), Southerners (83 percent) and women (81 percent).

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/20/fox-news-poll-say-prayer-helped-save-congresswoman/

[Goblinmonger]

1. Wow

P. T. Barnum was right.

[kath]

36. ain't that the truth!

[HereSince1628]

2. From a FAIR AND BALANCED SOURCE! Prayer worked!

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[HughBeaumont]

3. .

[theoldman]

4. Most Republicans have been praying that she would live.

If she died she would be a martyr. Democrats have been praying that she would live so she could spit in Palin's eye.

[Mdgib]

22. Spit in Palin's eye?

That's good, where did you read that?

[yellowcanine]

5. Doctors and Nurses as well as EMTs may have helped a bit also.

Not to mention that the bullet's path had quite a bit to do with whether she lived or died.

[RobinA]

6. Wonder What

those people have to say about the people who weren't saved? I guess the 9-year-old was just a hopeless sinner.

[comsymp]

69. Oh, that's simple

God moves in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform.

See? A pat answer for any occasion! :eyes:

[RandomKoolzip]

7. Yet when prayer DOESN'T yield positive results in a crisis, human error

or circumstances beyond human control are always to blame.

The rest of the world laughs at us.

[BB1]

14. Yup. This is just hilarious.

The strongest and most aggressive nation in the world, where voters think prayer helps people survive. Laughing all the way to WWIII, I am.
Seriously, guys. Out the bankers, out the corrupt politicians (sadly, that means most of them and ALL of D.C.), out the energy robber barons and take your country forward into the appropriate century.
We could really use some sense instead of meaningless, folding-your-hands-and-not-using-them, good for nothing prayer.

[nolabear]

8. Well, it DOES trump Beck's flock of geese...

What the hey; I'll take anything right now if it'll convince people that the Dems are in some kind of favor.

[Iggo]

9. Iggo's Take: Most people who took that poll are idiots. (n/t)

[DavidDvorkin]

10. Here's my take on it, in verse:

http://eyeblister.blogspot.com/2011/01/church-services-are-held-in-tucson.html

[IcyPeas]

19. that is the best thing I have ever read regarding this topic

must copy and keep this somewhere.

[DavidDvorkin]

25. Thanks!

[kath]

41. Wow - great poem!

hits all the right points.

[ZombieHorde]

42. Good one. nt

[Pancho Sanza]

74. Epicurus expressed a similar opinion in a short little zinger

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

Epicurus

[demosincebirth]

11. I'd say luck and good doctors

[snooper2]

12. I don't think it was prayer, I think it was just good vibes

sent via the Intertubes...

More likely..Intertubes, Hospital has telephony, connections, wires- follow me

[lobodons]

13. Shame on all of us!!!!

We didn't pray enough for little Christina Greene and the others. If we only........

[SkyDaddy7]

15. Physics & The Medical Staff and that is she is alive HOWEVER,

My wife had a tramatic brain injury & I will tell you right now Gabby is going to go through YEARS of recovery...Sad to say this but her days as a public servant are more than likely over. I would love to be wrong but from having personally seen the road she is just starting to go down I am being REAL!

This is just another reason why this shooting literally makes me sick!

[Bigmack]

31. What you said.. nt

[damntexdem]

16. Wow, Jewish prayers must be really effective!

Time to forget having Xtian prayers in public venues, the more-effective Jewish prayers should be used instead.

;-)

[GillesDeleuze]

17. y'know, children of Israel stick together

just ask sarah palin.

[masmdu]

18. Should read, '8 in 10 "delusional" Americans'

[elias49]

73. Ergo - "8 in 10 Americans are delusional"

which is probably close to the mark. :crazy:

[demigoddess]

20. honest poll or propaganda for the religious??

:rofl: :rofl:

[defendandprotect]

48. +1000%

[Arugula Latte]

21. Proving yet again what absolute morons most Americans are.

[cleanhippie]

57. +1

[MineralMan]

23. Right. That excellent medical care she got, plus the fortunate

track the bullet took had nothing to do with it. I guess Single Prayer Health Care works, then...

[Nihil]

53. Hey, MineralMan?

> I guess Single Prayer Health Care works, then...

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

(but thanks for making me smile in a thread that was just making me shake my head ...)

[Ernesto]

24. And........

God is in control tidal changes, not the Moon.

[Name removed]

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[and-justice-for-all]

27. *yawn*

[jmm]

28. Prayer can have the opposite effect.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html

And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested.

[leftynyc]

29. So G-d hates 9 year olds? (n/t)

[katnapped]

30. And Republican judges, apparently

How do they explain that one?

[RainDog]

35. no logic necessary - and these are people voting on important issues in this nation

it's really sad.

people filter and choose what to notice - thus the 9 year old who died didn't exist in "prayer town."

[HughBeaumont]

50. Maybe the rest of the victims didn't kiss God's ass JUST enough?

But I'm only speculating. Maybe God wasn't IN Tuscon that day.

[Fumesucker]

64. Well, He *did* send bears to rip apart 42 kids that mocked Elisha's bald head..

[JNelson6563]

32. lolz

I will take one pair of working hands over a thousand pairs of praying hands any day of the week.

Julie

[sakabatou]

33. Because doctors never do a damned thing

:banghead:

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. ...

:silly:

[K8-EEE]

37. Oh brother, I guess nobody was praying for those other people

like that poor child?

[jberryhill]

38. God didn't like that child - no miracles for her /nt

[kath]

39. And the same "God" caused the death of that beautiful little girl?!??

Teh stoopid, it burns...

When will humankind evolve out of believing this silly superstitious tripe??

[NYC Liberal]

40. Then why'd she get shot in the first place?

And what about the people who died?

As a matter of fact, it's an insult to the doctors and medical professionals. They saved her life, not some magic incantations.

[cbdo2007]

43. Why don't they pray that stuff like this doesn't happen??

That's the kind of stuff I pray for, yet God must be an asshole to not listen to my prayers.

[Arugula Latte]

44. That God dude, he's got the best PR in history

Wars, famines, floods, disease, accidents -- none of it his fault, apparently. He's only responsible for the good stuff. :eyes:

[sarcasmo]

45. More invisible sky being insanity.

[Unvanguard]

46. So did elven wizardry. n/t

[defendandprotect]

47. Some say, prayers are an attempt to influence The Fates ...

it makes sense 'cause don't we also say "The Fates are Fickle"?

Am I to believe that some "god" saved Rep. Giffords but not the young girl?

Really?

[sofa king]

49. And we pray for those who believe that.

[justiceischeap]

51. No, a GAY LATINO MAN saved her life

Then the EMTs, then the Nurses and Doctors. Then to top all that off, it's Gabby's own will to live that is the most important part of all those who had a hand in saving her life. We could go even further and say that the men and women who are dying in Iraq & Afghanistan helped saved Gabby's life because of all the head wounds suffered during the war, US doctors are becoming more adept at treating these kinds of wounds.

If you believe it was indeed prayer that saved her, then obviously God was paying attention to that particular act of domestic terrorism and chose NOT to spare a lot of people's lives. If that's what you believe, then I want no part of such a nit-picky God.

[Darth_Kitten]

52. What about the 60 year old woman?

:eyes:

[meegbear]

54. Those most likely to believe prayer saved Giffords include ...

the entire faux news base viewers.

[namelessone]

55. Prayer saved

IF you die, it's"God's will" and He must have wanted him/her for some "higher purpose" If you live, it's because of prayer or some "higher purpose"

So either way GOD looks good. :crazy:

[cleanhippie]

56. I just threw up in my mouth a little

:puke:

[harvey007]

58. Socialized medicine saved her

The elites have government provided health care. The rest of us just have to suffer and die.

Plus the deranged shooter only shot her once. Professional assassins shoot twice in the body, once in the head, to make sure their target is dead.

She is very fortunate, indeed.

[pintobean]

59. I'll bet Mark Kelly was praying.

[bikebloke]

60. Oh fer fucks sake!

It wasn't the sky fairy. The Green Man saved her.

[Duer 157099]

61. I think God should have to pay for medical school for doctors

I mean, if God gets to take all the credit for when doctors save someone's life, then God ought to damn well be paying the bills for those doctors too.

[buckrogers1965]

62. It wasn't the bullet deflecting rock I found?

And have carried with me for years now. It must work, I haven't been shot yet.

[Arkansas Granny]

63. What can you expect from a Fox News poll.

[redwitch]

65. We should have prayed harder for that poor 9 year old. nt

[LeftishBrit]

66. Then why didn't prayer save those who died?

And I am not religious, but if I were, I would find it something of an insult to God to imply that he would only save someone if people prayed for him to do so - like a rather unreliable human who needs to be nagged to do his job.

I am very glad to hear of Giffords' good progress, and wish her all the best and an excellent recovery.

[jmowreader]

67. I take serious offense to this

95 percent of White Born Again Christians, 91 percent of Regular Churchgoers, 91 percent of Blacks Who Watch Faux News (you know, all 100 of them), 84 percent of Republicans, 83 percent of Southerners and 81 percent of Women Who Watch Faux News dropped to their knees and spoke one solemn prayer: "Please, Jesus, give her seat to a Republican!"

And because God, who knows and sees all, has no intention of letting that happen, she's going to be back on the House floor before the end of February.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

72. Are you familiar with the African-American population?

Most are highly religious. Most are Democrats.

[gauguin57]

68. I read the most disgusting comments at the end of a CNN story about GG being moved to TX

Seriously. I know how polarized this country is ... but geez. Making stupid comments about the recuperation of a woman with a bullet wound to her head ... how low can they go?

[alarimer]

70. Fox News viewers are brain-dead morons.n/t

[Arkana]

71. Sigh.

A stupid-ass poll from the stupidest-ass channel.

[Imagevision]

75. Source: Fox News