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(Don't make a public spectacle of prayer! Matthew 6:5-6)
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)Christians of all political stripes LOVE their public piety.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)None. One of the more clear directives from Jesus.
rug
(82,333 posts)You routinely post crap about what you claim you've seen DUers do. When are you going to prove it?
Volstagg
(233 posts)but I've seen all types of public prayer on here. I think I remember a group (or forum--still not clear on the difference) just for prayer as I was clicking through things. Certainly those that are openly calling for prayer and discussion their prayer are going against this verse.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Not whether there is a Prayer group.
If you buy a star you can search to see if that claim is true or not. He never has.
Let me know if you find anything.
Igel
(35,390 posts)Misconstrued.
It says not to pray in public in order to be seen. The word public is a bit odd, but there.
You could go to the Temple. Have many tzitzit. Phylactery. Pray like duly with much weeping. To be seen. Intent matters.
Public public prayer was standard then. It was in the Temple. It was in what synagogue s existed. Jesus in the gospels prays to give thanks, to ask God's intercession, to bless.
It's the same with charity. Yet giving to the Temple, 2nd tithe or freewill offering, was public. Yet condemnation would have met somebody shouting, "Look how much I'm giving," and praise for quietly giving a large sum.
For many Americans, other's intent is meaningless, their interpretation and judgment is all that matters.
rug
(82,333 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)An eternity, perhaps?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Straw is a very popular building material for some.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)This may help you fashion an answer.
https://the-orbit.net/greta/2014/08/07/richard-dawkins-apologizes-for-dear-muslima/
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He was trying for the Christopher Hitchens award for sustained ignorance. He lost, narrowly, to Ann Coulter.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)Both of those hit home runs.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I believed that I was America's best Christian.
HAB911
(8,957 posts)but I'll let you and Betty duke that out!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)She can have the title.