Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting

[John V]

You're missing my point.

No, you're missing my point, and trying to apply my statements to a different argument.

- The Bible says not to.

As has already been discussed, the focus of the matthew passage can be read as regarding public prayer, or hypocritical prayer, or both. Luke 18:9-14 has a parable about two men who went up to the temple to pray. The hypocritical man's prayer was not accepted, but the sincere man's prayer was, even though both of them could have stayed home to pray. The logical conclusion is that the focus of the Matthew passage is therefore on hypocritical prayer and not public prayer.