Utah, the Theocratic State

I’ve long complained that Utah, just like Iran or Israel, was a perfect theocracy. Most of my readers never quite believe me. 

Today, I hold the proofs for all of you to see and read. Both a tweet and its attached State Declaration, stating an indisputable correlation between prayer and atmospheric precipitations. 

Our new Governor Cox began his promotional effort for prayer on June 3, 2021, when he asked Utah citizens to pray for rain the following weekend to relieve the state from its drought, in releasing a statement calling on all of us to pray for “divine intervention” as an excessive heat warning has been issued at the time. 

Last week, he tweeted all of us to join him last Sunday for “prayer and thanksgiving” and also issue a proclamation (see illustrations below). Clearly, Governor Spencer Cox must have had access to the scientific facts that prayer’s effectiveness is proven to work. 

Likewise, he probably never read the Constitution since, as our Governor, he blatantly ignores the Establishment Clause, a provision in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." 

This clause essentially ensures the separation of church and state and protects the freedom of (and from) religion for individuals. 

Further, the effectiveness of prayer is a controversial subject in of itself. From a scientific standpoint, the direct impact of prayer on specific outcomes is not proven at all. 

Maybe our Governor knows something we don’t. Based on his conclusions he should recommend our local ski resorts to sell their snow-making equipment and begin fervent prayers for atmospheric avalanches of snow, that’d be good for our collective carbon footprint!