(September 30, 2009 at 1:07 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:No you plank. People do what people are led naturally to do. There is no 'requirement'. You do what you need to. I already said this(September 30, 2009 at 6:21 am)fr0d0 Wrote: We're human and we express ourselves physically. Some people feel the need to prostrate themselves. Others can do that in the mind. You do what you need to do.
So the physical expression is entirely for the comfort of the people doing the praying? It isn't actually remotely required, as God can read their minds anyway, and he doesn't really care for the physical expression?
(September 30, 2009 at 1:07 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: How do the parts that you quote, where the Bible supports people worshipping God in secret through outward expression, not contradict the parts CP and Rhizo quote where it encourages singing and dancing, playing instruments, and outward expression in general, etc?
We were specifically talking about praying all through this conversation and CP swerves off discussing 'Worship' which no one else was discussing! Read it and see!