Televangelist Roasted For Asking If God Can Hear Prayers Through A Mask

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August 23, 2021, 1:14 pm

There have been quite a few absurd and nonsensical lines dropped by loud Evangelical Christian preachers on the topic of COVID-19 and mask-wearing after Republicans made it into a political war. From “God doesn’t want you to wear a mask because God made your face in his image” to telling people that they won’t be allowed in the church with masks because the government is possessed by demons, it’s like they’re competing for the title of Worst Thing Said About COVID-19.

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Televangelist Jim Bakker recently got his entry in, saying in a press release that he will defy any mask mandates because, since they slightly muffle your voice, God won’t be able to hear your prayers through them. No, really.

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“How can you go to church and pray when you’re wearing a mask?” he reportedly asked. “Do you think God can hear your prayers through a mask?”

“How can you go to church and pray when you’re wearing a mask? Do you think God can hear your prayers through a mask?”
—- Televangelist Jim Bakker

— Deacon Blues (@DeaconBlues0) August 20, 2021

It’s a little weird for people who believe in literal translations of the Bible and truly think that God is all-powerful, knowing everything already even if people don’t officially put their hands together and pray, yet think a mask will somehow put an end to that.

Of course, Bakker’s history should be an indication to anybody that he shouldn’t be believed on any topic. He was convicted on 24 counts of felony fraud in 1989, earning him a 45-year prison sentence. However, appeals reduced this sentence to just eight years, of which he served only six. All of this happened after it was discovered he paid hush money to a woman to cover up an alleged rape, forcing him to resign from his televangelist program.

These and other details have led to widespread mockery for Bakker over his recent statement on masks. Here is a selection of our favorite responses:

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“Do you think God can hear your prayers through a mask?”

As well through a mask as through a microphone. Perhaps better. https://t.co/1sBUkuOPob

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 21, 2021

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Underreported: Jim Bakker actually tried praying with the mask on and the Voice in his head barked, “Speak up, you stupid bastard!”.

— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) August 21, 2021

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One way to know you’re not praying to God is he can’t hear through a mask. The cashier at CVS can hear me through my mask. https://t.co/2QWOTwBJsI

— rabia O’chaudry (@rabiasquared) August 22, 2021

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Jim Bakker: My omnipotent God is the almighty creator of heaven and earth.

Also Jim Bakker: My God can be stopped by a piece of cotton and two nylon strings. https://t.co/QHqDrIqQBG

— Jess Schafroth (@JessSchafroth) August 21, 2021

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I guess omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent don’t mean what I thought they meant.

— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) August 21, 2021

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Matthew 6: 5-8 says we shouldn’t pray publicly like the hypocrites, but privately in our rooms, because God sees what is done in secret; not babbling on like pagans, because God knows what we need before we ask.
Guess Jim missed that day of Sunday school.

— ChurchLady (@baltmom) August 21, 2021

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*First Published: August 23, 2021, 1:14 pm