vjack has a nice post up on the unbiblical habit some Christians have of praying in public. It makes me wonder if they read their bibles or just use them to beat others into submission.
Christians may squabble endlessly over what it means to be a Christian, and many are fond of claiming that only those who believe exactly as they do deserve to be called "real Christians." However, it seems fairly obvious to this author that there must be some common doctrine shared by all Christian. One of these is the belief that the Christian bible is central to the religion. Granted, fundamentalists are going to take their bible far more seriously than so-called liberal or moderate Christians, but all must agree that the Christian bible provides an important source of guidance. So why is it that so many self-identified Christians ignore what their bible says about prayer?
I think he's right on the mark with this one.
3 comments:
What does the bible say about prayer?
I haven't read enough of it to know! :-)
Carolyn Ann
Oh, never mind - I've just read the atheistrev ...
One day I'll figure out this "think, then write" thing. :-)
Carolyn Ann
One Xian recently claimed that Matthew 6:5-6 didn't mean that Christians aren't supposed to pray in public at all. It just meant they weren't supposed to pray in public with the intent of making a spectacle of themselves (e.g., to seem like pious people).
I've noticed that whenever they're preaching the Bible it's set in stone, but whenever they're called on it they have some convenient excuse as to why it no longer applies, we're "taking it out of context", or something else like that. Xians are a strange lot, and I say that having been one (I was never like that though).
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