Posted on 07/07/2007 8:00:14 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
Matthew 6:
5”And 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. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
On reading the the first paragraph I thought this was happening in Saudi Arabia..!
If they had been dressed in white pajamas and were carrying Korans, everything would have been peachy.
The Christians should get permission in writing, of where they can and cannot pray during these demonstrations . Doing it over the phone is only asking for trouble . Get it in writing , obey it, and if there’s a problem call a lawyer .
It simply sounds like the police are trying to keep two opposing groups separated to avoid conflict or violence .
So much for the Freedom of Speech.
Each city in this article is going to lose in court. And it is going to cost the taxpayers big time money when they hand out awards to theses Christians. I just wish I had an opportunity to be involved, especially the one where they were arrested becasue they were praying. That one is a salm-dunk against the city.
True - and I have seen prayer used very ostentatiously in public demonstrations. I have also seen people in pray in public so that it was if they were alone with God there.
There is a passage from the OT that commands the prophet to call on the evildoers to repent - if he does not, the condemnation falls on him. Whether that command is specific to the prophet could be debated, I suppose.
Mrs VS
Did you just call God fat?
Heaven is His throne and the earth is His foot stool...
Is the problem praying? Or loud disruptive heckling that happens to take the form of prayer?
Sign of the times. Soon Christians will have to go underground to pray like the early Christians facing persecution.
Good question . It’s obvious that the police are just trying to keep two opposing groups separated ,as they would at any event , for the purpose of keeping the peace .
And very quickly approaching the point of no return.
I bet if I actually watched network news, I would have saw all of this covered.
This is simple. Just make sure you have a couple crippled muslims with “koran hates homos” signs and “allah fubar homos” and not one glove will be placed on you. You might also seek diverse skin tone crowd pleaser escorts. Wave a few Mexican flags and chant anti-US slogans now and again and you can have your assemblage anywhere in the good ol USA.
If they were pointed east and praying to Allah, it would have been okay...
I think he meant "big-bones"..REALLY big bones! :)
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