Nor is the “Prayer Circle” where a bunch of materialistic minded holier-than-thou Christians sit around asking for “things” instead of asking for God's help and mercy with their self-righteousness.
Righteous you are not, sir. Self-righteousness, THAT you ARE in honey bucketfuls.
“Nor is the “Prayer Circle” where a bunch of materialistic minded holier-than-thou Christians sit around asking for “things” instead of asking for God’s help and mercy with their self-righteousness.”
You speak as if you’ve witnessed this first hand. May I ask, what your experience with this “prayer circle” is?
I've never seen that but it sounds a lot like BINGO night.
(You said with apparent dripping self-"righteosity") :)
I've always found it in interesting on the FR RF where somebody will place themselves on some high ground looking down upon others, finger-pointing, accusing, telling them they know what the standard is for being proven guilty of "self-righteousness," yet cannot help but fail -- according to their own expressed standard -- wind up flaunting their "righteousness" above others.
(Care to explain how it is you've escaped the pitiful escalation of those who become entrapped in accusing others of "self-righteousness?"
You see, I view such accusations as "spiritual STDs"...it's a "gift" that never knows any boundaries...it just keeps on "giving".
Somebody vaunts righteous indignation upon another, accusing them of being "self-righteous." Then a third party weighs in, seeing that vaunted righteous finger-pointing aimed at another's alleged self-righteousness. Then a fourth party could join the discussion, not appreciating that the third-party was using his personal righteousness to "scold" the original scolder.