Prayers offered in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting have inspired critics to call such petitions a waste of time and an empty gesture. But demands for less talk and more action reveal a dangerous intellectual hubris. Prayer isn’t the enemy of a solution to gun violence. It’s an essential part of the answer because it brings humility into a debate that’s paralyzed by arrogance.
Much of the “prayer shaming” ire has been directed at politicians accused of parading their piety when tragedy strikes while opposing laws and policies that could reduce gun violence.
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