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<DIV><FONT size=4>Donovan, Pat, and others who do not appear to be able to read
well,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I post again the passages from Matthew from Young's Literal
Translation of Bible with different emphasis and ask you to read them
carefully.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><B>Matthew
6</B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><B></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><A href="qvb://0/anchor/1" name=1 CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0 border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>1</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">‘Take heed your
kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not—reward ye have not
from your Father who </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><I>is</I></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"> in the
heavens; </SPAN><A href="qvb://0/anchor/2" name=2 CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG
height=0 src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0
border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>2</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">whenever,
therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee
as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have
glory from men; verily I say to you—they have their reward!</SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><A href="qvb://0/anchor/3" name=3 CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0 border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>3</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">‘But thou, doing
kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, </SPAN><A
href="qvb://0/anchor/4" name=4 CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0 border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>4</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">that thy kindness
may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward
thee manifestly.</SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><A href="qvb://0/anchor/5" name=5 CHECKED="FALSE"><FONT size=5><IMG
height=0 src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0
border=0></FONT></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><FONT
size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>5</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><FONT
color=#0000ff>‘</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt
not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the
corners of the broad places—standing—to pray, that they may be seen of men;
verily I say to you, that they have their reward.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><A href="qvb://0/anchor/6" name=6 CHECKED="FALSE"><FONT
size=5><STRONG><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0
border=0></STRONG></FONT></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><FONT
size=5><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>6</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN></STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=6>‘But thou, </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=6>when thou mayest pray,</FONT> <FONT size=6>go into
thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray</FONT></FONT></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT
size=6>to thy Father who <I>is</I></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><FONT size=6>
<FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>in secret</STRONG>,</FONT></FONT> and thy Father who
is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4px; TEXT-INDENT: 24px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; tabstops: 19px"
align=left><A href="qvb://0/anchor/7" name=7 CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0 border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>7</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">‘And—praying—ye
may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much
speaking they shall be heard, </SPAN><A href="qvb://0/anchor/8" name=8
CHECKED="FALSE"><IMG height=0
src="res://C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKV~1\qv2005.exe/empty.gif" width=0 border=0></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP>8</SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Default"><SUP></SUP></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Default">be ye not
therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need
of before your asking him;</SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Unless I need to change glasses prescriptions again, the
passage emphasized says:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=6><STRONG>"If you pray, pray in
private."</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=6></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I am aware that the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke)
present some real problems for evangelists, "One Wayers", selective bible
readers/propaganists, and proponents of biblical inerrancy. The synoptic
gospels are often at odds with other books of the New Testament not only with
respect to public prayer but other even more critical issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>For example, passages quoted many times in the last year on V
2020 make it clear that the authors of the Synoptic Gospels held that Jesus did
not think it was necessary for a person to accept Jesus as the son of some
alleged god and/or ask for forgiveness, nor even necessary to believe in the
Christian God to be finely rewarded on the alleged day of judgment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The passages from Luke about not judging others or casting the
first stone also come to mind.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Interesting: Of all the extant books of the present many
versions of the bible, the Synoptic Gospels are believed to be those authored
nearest to the date of the death of Jesus - an estimated 40 -80 years
separating the death with the authorships.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>For those interested in a modern scholarly approach to such
matters, reading the works of The Jesus Seminar may be quite
enlightening.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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href="http://virtualreligion.net/forum/">http://virtualreligion.net/forum/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>