This is our time to rise and be the people of prayer and action that America needs.

yeah... so the maga-faithful keep telling us... go for it...

What we need are less assholes on the political right. 

What we need are less assholes on the political right.

I think we need fewer assholes, period.  It just so happens that the vast majority fall on the political right.

Yeah, with 911 coming up we must be told why the Saudis were allowed to escape.

       "Esther employed prayer"

Not in the Hebrew Bible, any prayers Esther may have delivered were added by the Greeks in the 2nd or 1st centuries BCE as icing. One wonders if these Christians you seed have ever studied let alone read the Bible. If you are any example my guess is not.

Not in the Hebrew Bible, any prayers Esther may have delivered were added by the Greeks in the 2nd or 1st centuries BCE as icing.  

What you are referring to is that, in the Hebrew (Masoretic) text, there is no text of a prayer by Esther recorded, whereas in the Septuagint and other Greek translations, such texts appear. However, pointing out this fact doesn’t discredit the quote from the article you pointed out because even in the Masoretic text, while a specific prayer is not recorded, it would be understood without question by any Jew or Christian who studied the Bible that Esther employed prayer. Your error is you didn’t consider enough of the text you quoted. To properly quote the article so as not to change the context it should have been... 

Esther employed prayer and fasting... 

While one could pray without fasting, fasting was never done without prayer. Fasting was done in aid of prayer and, in fact, would be pointless without it. So, even in the Masoretic text, we see that not only did Esther pray, she did so for three days and nights.  

One wonders if these Christians you seed have ever studied let alone read the Bible. If you are any example my guess is not. 

Some points for you to consider. 

1. Old Testament portions of Protestant Bibles are based on the Masoretic text, therefore, the extra six chapters that appear in the Septuagint do not appear in them. 
2. Old Testament portions of Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches are based on the Septuagint and, therefore, have the extra six chapters. 
3. A little bit of research reveals that the author of the article is a Protestant and so would ascribe to the Masoretic version of Esther.  
4. One bio of him reveals that he authored a book on prayer so it would be a strain on credulity to think he isn’t aware that prayer and fasting go together. 
5. The Masoretic text makes it clear that Esther fasted for three days and nights, which any student of the Bible would understand as including prayer.  
6. Based on the points above, any misunderstanding concerning the Book of Esther or what was said in the article seems to be mostly on your part rather than on the author's or Jefferson's part.  

You're welcome. 

Fasting?

More 1776 BS?

The Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia in May of 1787. The delegates shuttered the windows of the State House and swore secrecy so they could speak freely. Although they had gathered to revise the Articles of Confederation, by mid-June they had decided to completely redesign the government. There was little agreement about what form it would take.

One of the fiercest arguments was over congressional representation—should it be based on population or divided equally among the states? The framers compromised by giving each state one representative for every 30,000 people in the House of Representatives and two representatives in the Senate. They agreed to count enslaved Africans as three-fifths of a person. Slavery itself was a thorny question that threatened to derail the Union. It was temporarily resolved when the delegates agreed that the slave trade could continue until 1808.

Writing the Constitution

After three hot summer months of equally heated debate, the delegates appointed a Committee of Detail to put its decisions in writing. Near the end of the convention, a Committee of Style and Arrangement kneaded it into its final form, condensing 23 articles into seven in less than four days.

On September 17, 1787, 38 delegates signed the Constitution. George Reed signed for John Dickinson of Delware, who was absent, bringing the total number of signatures to 39. It was an extraordinary achievement. Tasked with revising the existing government, the delegates came up with a completely new one. Wary about centralized power and loyal to their states, they created a powerful central government. Representing wildly different interests and views, they crafted compromises. It stands today as one of the longest-lived and most emulated constitutions in the world.

Ratification

The founders set the terms for ratifying the Constitution. They bypassed the state legislatures, reasoning that their members would be reluctant to give up power to a national government. Instead, they called for special ratifying conventions in each state. Ratification by 9 of the 13 states enacted the new government. But at the time, only 6 of 13 states reported a pro-Constitution majority.

The Federalists, who believed that a strong central government was necessary to face the nation’s challenges, needed to convert at least three states. The Anti-Federalists fought hard against the Constitution because it created a powerful central government that reminded them of the one they had just overthrown, and it lacked a bill of rights.

The ratification campaign was a nail-biter. The tide turned in Massachusetts, where the “vote now, amend later” compromise helped secure victory in that state and eventually in the final holdouts.

The Constitution: How Did it Happen? | National Archives

Great job...they codified slavery as 3/5 of a person, legal through 1808.  Angels on their shoulders?

These people were

all three bottle a day alcoholics of legendary status ( because it was safer than drinking the water )

LIFE

Were The Founding Fathers Alcoholics? Here’s Their INSANE Bar Tab From 2 Days Before Signing The Constitution

All the way back in 1787, two nights prior to signing the Constitution, 55 delegates went out drinking and because we here in America have a great history of keeping copies of  outrageous bar tabs  for the public record we know just how much booze those 55 delegates drank that night before signing the Constitution two days later.

How do we know the founding fathers as a group drank a lot? Well, for one thing, we have records of their imbibing. In 1787, two days before they signed off on the Constitution, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention partied at a tavern. According to the bill preserved from the evening, they drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, eight of whiskey, 22 of porter, eight of hard cider, 12 of beer and seven bowls of alcoholic punch.

That’s more than two bottles of fruit of the vine, plus a few shots and a lot of punch and beer, for every delegate. Clearly, that’s humanly impossible. Except, you see, across the country during the Colonial era, the average American consumed many times as much beverage alcohol as contemporary Americans do. Getting drunk – but not losing control – was simply socially accepted.

Were The Founding Fathers Alcoholics? Here's Their INSANE Bar Tab From 2 Days Before Signing The Constitution - BroBible

8 Founding Fathers’ Insane Drinking Habits

George Washington

Washington was a regular drinker -- oftentimes a bottle of Madeira at night, accompanied by rum, punch, or beer -- though that was relatively temperate for those days. But he could bring it when it counted. He once consumed enough “Fish House Punch” that he couldn’t bring himself to even mention it by name in his diary for three days. His expenditures for alcohol in 1775 were 1,000% higher than the average upkeep for the habit. He spent a full 7% of his income while in office on booze. His infamous farewell party tab totaled over $15,000 present-day dollars. He had to change out his teeth because they would become stained with brandy and wine. His estate, according to the estimable Modern Drunkard , was at one point America’s biggest whiskey producer, bottling (barreling?) an astonishing 11,000 gallons in 1799 alone.

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Drinking Habits of Founding Fathers of America - Thrillist

"With 9/11 Coming Up, Americans Need Prayer, Fasting And Direct Action"

Isn't that exactly what caused 9/11? Just a different faith praying to the other side of the same God and taking "direct action" in his name?"

Just a different faith praying to the other side of the same God and taking "direct action" in his name?"

Isn't that the root cause of many instances of terrorism?

Dear God, I know this will fall on your deaf ears, but please stop needlessly killing children with disease.  Thanks in advance should you choose to finally lift a finger to help (other than your usual middle finger).

Fasting will do what exactly?

Make one feel hungry. That's about it.