Open letter to all Atheists.

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5"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

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Mathew 6:5-7Got it here: Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Moose

No, they're saying that the Genesis story is not accurate about how God (allegedly) created everything.You have the choice - Believe the superficial printed by man word, or believe what can be seen by actually looking at the creation.Moose

Repeating the verse from message 3:

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5"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

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Verse 7 seems to be the hypocrisy aspect of praying in public. {Added by edit #2 - OK (do'h), there's more about hypocrisy there than just verse 7. But so what. It makes the anti-public prayer message even stronger. You're being an advocate of hypocritical prayer.} Watch out for doing that "meaningless repetition" thing.

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...when you pray, go into your inner room,...

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I'm sure that, even in a crowd, one could "go into your inner room", and pray without making a public display of it. Or does prayer to you mean you have to include some sort of physical display? In other words, make a show of it?MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Screwed up a quote box.Edited by Minnemooseus, : Edit #2.

riVeRraT is arguing against a clear cut teaching directly from Jesus. The atheists have Jesus on theirs sides here!!! This verse is the lead in to the Lords Prayer. Which, if not initially, now seems to kind of be an example that contradicts Jesus' instructions in Mathew 6:7: Maybe it's Jesus being against organized religion.Mooseps. The avatar is "Hissy" not "Zippy".