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To: rwlawrence
A question you have studiously avoided answering. Why should we accept your interpretation of scripture over that of say the Mormons, or the Jehovah Witnesses or the Seventh Day Adventist or any of the other thousands of Protestant denominations, all peddling different version of the truth?

Okay! I'll take the bait. Please give me your interpretation of [Matthew 6:5-7] And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

What....in your opinion do these verses say to the Christian reader?

276 posted on 04/13/2008 4:53:11 PM PDT by Diego1618
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To: Diego1618
I don't have a personal interpretation. I would not presume to interpret Scripture for anyone.
277 posted on 04/13/2008 5:19:19 PM PDT by rwlawrence
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