Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting

[Cato]

Sorry, but I don't see comparison of a verse about praying in a temple with a verse about praying in a synagogue to be unreasonable. The point is whether one could be seen by men. It quite obviously wasn't about secular vs. religious settings.

Fine, God said don't pray anywhere you can be seen by men. I was willing to concede places of worship, but it seems even this is prohibited.

Matthew 6:6...
"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Christians seem to be bound be the inability to follow simple instructions.

[John V]

Fine, God said don't pray anywhere you can be seen by men. I was willing to concede places of worship, but it seems even this is prohibited.

Matthew 6:6...
"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Christians seem to be bound be the inability to follow simple instructions.

Are you now going to have me believe that you take that passage as a prohibition against prayer anywhere but in a closet, rather than condemnation of hypocritical prayer? You must be getting desperate.

[Cato]

Are you now going to have me believe that you take that passage as a prohibition against prayer anywhere but in a closet, rather than condemnation of hypocritical prayer? You must be getting desperate.

I'm not making this shit up; these are the words of your God. They are hypocrits because they pray in public (6:5). The next verse prescribes the remedy, which you apparently wish to ignore. The context and meaning are clear and unavoidable. You can follow the teaching or admit that the word of your god doesn't trump your conviction.

[Godlesspanther]

Do religious people ever pray at times when they know there is no one there to see them? I think that the point of prayer, at least to some extent, is to make a spectacle of one's self.

[Violet]

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That girl is too white for black magic.

[Ryantology]

Hey, you do know there are religions without deities.

Yeah. Every single one of them.

[Godscreated]

Do religious people ever pray at times when they know there is no one there to see them? I think that the point of prayer, at least to some extent, is to make a spectacle of one's self.

99% of my prayers are when no one but God is around.

GC

[Elskidor]

Do religious people ever pray at times when they know there is no one there to see them? I think that the point of prayer, at least to some extent, is to make a spectacle of one's self.

I'm sure they do, but we don't have proof.

[John V]

I'm not making this shit up; these are the words of your God.

So is the passage I gave. So are passages in which Jesus and the apostles pray within view of other men.

They are hypocrits because they pray in public (6:5).

Or they pray in public because they're hypocrites.

The next verse prescribes the remedy, which you apparently wish to ignore.

I think it's a good remedy for hypocrites.

The context and meaning are clear and unavoidable. You can follow the teaching or admit that the word of your god doesn't trump your conviction.

Considering other passages such as the one I provided and those in which Jesus and the apostles pray within view of other men, I disagree that your interpretation is clear and unavoidable.

[Cato]

Considering other passages such as the one I provided and those in which Jesus and the apostles pray within view of other men, I disagree that your interpretation is clear and unavoidable.

Horseshit. If you think Matthew 6:5-6 isn't specifically addressing the types of prayer engaged in before civic events then those passages serve no purpose. I think you understand this.

Your inability to grasp that they are hypocrites precisely because they pray in public is really annoying. I take this to mean you understand what these passages state, but don't like the implications leading you to be intentionally difficult. The other option is that you genuinely struggle with reading comprehension; I seriously doubt this is the case.