I have another question about prayer.
I could have sworn that when I used to study the Bible, Jesus preached that prayer should be done quietly, hidden away from everyone, and not out in the open. The point was that too many people were using prayer as a means to show off rather than to actually commune with god. Even the people who meant well would also get performance anxiety and would start worrying about praying the "right" way rather than just talking to god openly.
If that's the case and I didn't just hallucinate all that, why do so many Christians pray openly and out loud in public places? I see people praying (both for me and in general) everywhere from Yahoo! Answers to graduation ceremonies and football games.
If Jesus said "pray in private", shouldn't prayer be done in private? Or is this just one more of those "You can't take it LITERALLY" things? But then, I'm not sure how "pray in private" comes to equal "pray in public" when interpreted 'correctly'. o_O
2007-05-28
12:47:10
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