151 god is front and center in the arkansas senate race this week as democratic sen mark pryor and republican rep tom cotton tangle over religion in a new ad titled heart pryor takes on his opponent cotton for recent comments he made questioning the democratic senators faith im not ashamed to say that i believe in god and i believe in his word the bible teaches us no one has all the answers only god does pryor says directly to camera while holding a bible this is who i am and what i believe the ad also features a graphic reading no one should judge anothers heart and uses footage of pryor from a television spot he ran last year in which he called the bible his compass and north star pryors six figure statewide ad buy is a direct response to cottons suggestion last week that pryor thinks faith is something that only happens at 11 on sunday mornings cottons comments came during an interview about the supreme courts ruling in the hobby lobby case last week its another example of how obamacare infringes on the liberties of all arkansans barack obama and mark pryor think that faith is something that only happens at 11 on sunday mornings cotton said in an interview with knwa thats when we worship but faith is what we live every single day and the government shouldnt infringe on the rights of religious liberty so im pleased with the supreme courts ruling but its just another example of why obamacare is bad for arkansas read americans for prosperity unleashes another attack on mark pryor this isnt the first time religion has come to the forefront of the arkansas senate race last year a spokesman for the nrsc criticized pryors faith following the north star ad so is the bible mark pryors compass providing the comfort and guidance to do whats best for arkansas or is it really not a good rule book for political issues and decisions made in the senate guess it depends on which mark pryor that you ask nrsc communications director brad dayspring said in december the cotton campaign quickly jumped to pryors defense and denounced daysprings criticism that is an incredibly bizarre and offensive email from the nrscs press secretary we should all agree that america is better off when all our public officials in both parties have the humility to seek guidance from god cotton campaign spokesman david ray told the hill in december read ad money pours into arkansas for key senate race cotton released an ad of his own tuesday hitting pryor and outside democratic groups for saying the arkansas republican voted against disaster relief the ad titled recovery features andy shock the sheriff of faulkner county which was ravaged by tornadoes earlier this year shame on anyone who uses our tragedy for their own political gain its just wrong shock says in the ad senator pryor start focusing on the real issues leave our