(August 3, 2012 at 6:52 pm)Faith No More Wrote: You're still avoiding the issue that you raised in the OP, which is that the Lord's prayer is somehow exempt from the condemnation of rehearsed prayer.
The lord's model of Prayer is an out line and not an actual prayer. many pray this as a prayer, and that what makes it a repetitious. As an outline one is free to fill in with whatever greeting, exultation, petition to have God usher in the end of days, His will being carried out, your daily bread, or the conditions of your salvation anyway you want. Christ simply touches on the points your prayers should include.