17 Comments For This Post

1. Joanna Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 5:30 am

   very clever!

2. Jerry Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 6:30 am

   “Wow, this is a Sham”

   LOL!

3. JD Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 8:34 am

   my wife wont let me buy one

4. Stevce Hill Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 10:41 am

   This is hilarious. It simply made my day.

5. The Reformed Methodist Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   This will work great if I ever spill my Leroy Jenkins Miracle Water.

6. Adrian Says:
   January 27th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

   I was waiting for an ad absurdum for a long time
   This is hilarious!

7. EG aka Ruth Says:
   January 28th, 2009 at 12:42 am

   Oh, just too funny for words.

8. David Says:
   January 28th, 2009 at 1:16 am

   So sad, because there is so many that believes in it. On other note, what’s the ratio to ratio on prayer absorption and urine absorption? Also do they come in white?

9. tom Briggs Says:
   January 28th, 2009 at 1:46 am

   Todd Bentley’s version would be “BAM-WOW!

10. Michael A. Albert Says:
    January 29th, 2009 at 2:26 am

    Sometime in the 1950s my aunt bought a “Prayer” Handkerchief from Oral Roberts with his “sweat” on it, for her father, my grandfather.
    He had a small blood clot in his left leg so Oral said to place it on his leg and he would be a new man!

    My grandfather became a new man that week.

    Lost BOTH of his legs above the knee and ended up with TWO wooden legs. Hmmmmmmm

11. Carol Says:
    February 1st, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Yeah, talk about a SHAM! But it’s become that tacky with miracle manna, miracle spring water, Peter Popoff and Don Stewart, the late night sham wow false faith healers.

    I believe “Vince” and Billy Mays are going to become the next Rick Warren and Bill Hybels in religious infomercial shams.

12. onethingsailing Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    You should be so bold as to put this in Charisma. But they’d charge you 500 bucks or more for the ad. But Elijah List would charge you 1000 bucks!

13. Manuel Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    I appreciate the parody. However, why the poke at Messianic Jews? I happen to be one.

14. Angus Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    No poke at Messianic Jews in any sense, Manuel. It is a nod to the fact that these religious charlatans are trying to legitimize what they are doing by tying it in with anything connected to the Holy Lands and Israel. For example, they create “authentic” holy water by getting it from the Jordan River. The idea, then, is that Messianic Jews from Israel are the most holy of all Christians because of their proximity to Biblical history, and that’s what gives their “prayer cloth” real power. Do you see what I’m saying? There is absolutely no criticism of Messianic Jews in this parody.

15. Manuel Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Thank you Angus, I really appreciate your response.

    Blessings.

16. J Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    Brilliant

17. Anon E. Mouse Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    Though this is ad was/is satire.

    (i was also going to ask about the Messianic Jews, but thanks to God, yall already answered that.)

    It bothers me greatly, that you make a mess of communion in this satire. and that you would also dare put anything having to do with communion right next to pet urine, even after you made a mess of it. Hello, Jesus died!
    And when you speak of His blood jokingly to try to get a different point across, it causes much shock and sorrow: Knowing we are so close to death and hell, that it was only His death (and resurrection?) that has saved us, i would suggest you have fear of the Lord when you speak of the blood that hath washed away your sins.

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