tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2281518025961696433..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Flashback 2000: Prayer needs a 'private' signNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34424909814121358802021-12-02T14:58:40.447-06:002021-12-02T14:58:40.447-06:00Jesus should have amended the admonition to pray i...Jesus should have amended the admonition to pray in your room or in a house of worship.<br />It's okay. He wasn't perfect either.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5088534169547022462021-11-30T23:58:27.715-06:002021-11-30T23:58:27.715-06:00Well, sure, there's that, which was also the i...Well, sure, there's that, which was also the interpretation that I'm sure the nuns preferred. They weren't gonna aid and abet skipping church. Narc! ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24330059238159939492021-11-30T16:59:49.895-06:002021-11-30T16:59:49.895-06:00I always took Jesus to be referring to the type wh...I always took Jesus to be referring to the type who prays solo, loudly, while rending his garments, rather than in unison during a service. But no Biblical scholar am I!Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83752764722639024162021-11-30T16:33:04.884-06:002021-11-30T16:33:04.884-06:00I was gonna cite chapter and verse of this passage...I was gonna cite chapter and verse of this passage before these comments were posted, but it would have been redundant, anyway. Yeah, John, it did seem weird to essentially be admonished about praying in public when you were, uh, there to pray in public. The flip side was that this text always made justifying skipping church easier! ; )Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77449168133526803542021-11-30T12:27:46.440-06:002021-11-30T12:27:46.440-06:00That passage always feels off when read from the p...That passage always feels off when read from the pulpit.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87679950306846646242021-11-30T10:47:46.560-06:002021-11-30T10:47:46.560-06:00Which is, for those unfamiliar: "When you pra...Which is, for those unfamiliar: "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49843005764803896072021-11-30T10:06:57.045-06:002021-11-30T10:06:57.045-06:00Funny how many of these devout Christians forget J...Funny how many of these devout Christians forget Jesus’s admonition about public prayer. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com