"Ed Hulett -> Dan Ceppa"  wrote in
news:9412$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>>> they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the
 EH>   corners of DC> the
 RS>>>> streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
 EH>   They DC>> have
 RS>>>> their reward.   (6:5-6)

 DC>>> It's your bible.  You claim to follow it.
 EH>>> You don't get to interpret it for me, though.

 DC>> What's to interpret, Ed?  Hie thee to thy closet.

 EH> It doesn't mean to literally hide in a closet to pray.

 DC>>> The quote is quite straight forward for even you to understand
 EH>   it.

 EH>>> It is, but you miss the point it is making.

 DC>> The point is that you need to keep your mumbo jumbo out of the
 EH>   face DC> of others.

 EH> That isn't the point. The pharisees were known to pray loudly in an
 EH> effort to impress others that they were holier than the common folk.
 EH> Their prayers were in vain because they were basically making a show
 EH> of it.

Yes. It was a way of showing off, just like the public prayer pimps are
doing nowadays.

 DC>> What's ostentatious about a street corner, Ed?  Any public
 EH>   display DC> is wrong, according to the godling.

 EH> Again, you don't know what you are talking about. Who prays on street
 EH> corners? Are you talking about street preachers? You won't find any

The people you imitate, the Westboro Baptist Church.

 EH> LDS preaching on the street.

No, but they go from door to door, fortunately they no longer get all
huffy if you tell them no.

 DC>> Which is asolutely in line with that verse.  That's way is
 EH>   should be DC> with all public gatherings.

 EH> You, being an atheist, don't get to say what Christian doctrine is.

You don't either, because you are not a Christian.

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