Finally, the big news in Washington revolved around the heavy tropical storm rains Friday and Saturday, wherein we got about seven inches of rain. The same two days, the "D.C. Festival" was scheduled to take place on the National Mall. The D.C. Festival was a $3.4 million Evangelical Christian gathering which they've been planning for two years, and for which they've not only raised the money here, but involved some 900 area churches in promotion. Over 100,000 people were expected to attend. Well, as of last night, official estimates were that only a little over 5,000 people showed up. Festival leaders were quoted in this morning's Washington Post as being "perplexed that the Lord would allow this rain to come and despite all our prayers, it's still coming." Well, I know what happened.
Tropical Storm Tammy is God's vengeance against anti-gay, anti-love Evangelical Christians in metropolitan Washington, D.C.
The poor turnout certainly says a lot about the fair-weather Christians in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. But, what I found most shocking was the vast amount of money being spent on this two day-long revival meeting: $3.4 million for 100,000 people, or a planned expenditure of $34 per person, but, with actual attendance figures, they spent $680 per person. Admission was free, too! How I would love to have a budget of $34 per person for the many church services I've planned, played or sung! And $680 per person? Wow! No wonder the Evangelicals are such a force in this country, if they are spending that kind of money on entertainment at church services. But, alas, could they not spend that money not on yet another bad Christian contemporary rock band or a televangelist's mansion but maybe on feeding the poor or something?
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