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IADEMO2004

(5,554 posts)
2. Matthew 6:5-7
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 03:40 PM
Apr 2016

http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-6.htm

"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.…

The many words part could be a problem for Cruz

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
7. That verse always hits the Baptist and Pentecostals pretty hard. Me, I was raised on the book of
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 04:01 PM
Apr 2016

common prayer. Most relatively short. And kept short because of the kneeling.

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
3. Saying "Oh God" over and over in the restroom while masturbating is not religion, it's just called
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 03:41 PM
Apr 2016

masturbating religiously.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
6. He likes to bless each offering to the porcelain god.
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 03:58 PM
Apr 2016

Divine Vestibule of Release, Station of the Sphincter - where tithing is just a grunt and a push away.

hunter

(38,311 posts)
10. The Protestant church was invented by Martin Luther while he sat on the toilet.
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 04:16 PM
Apr 2016
Archaeologists in Germany say they may have found a lavatory where Martin Luther launched the Reformation of the Christian church in the 16th Century.



Luther left a candid catalogue of his battle with constipation but despite this wealth of information, certain key details remain obscure - such as what the great reformer may have used in place of toilet paper.

"We still don't know what was used for wiping in those days," says Dr Treu. The paper of the time, he says, would have been too expensive and critically, "too stiff" for the purpose.

And while it is probable that the inspiration that led to Luther's reforms occurred on this toilet, it is impossible to prove it beyond doubt, Dr Treu says.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3944549.stm

hunter

(38,311 posts)
12. All those little splinter Protestant Christian churches look the same to me...
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 04:46 PM
Apr 2016

If you are going to call yourself a Christian then might as well stick with the original Catholic or Orthodox brands.

It's like the breakfast cereal aisle in the grocery store. The store-brand imitations are never quite the same.





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