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<DIV>Sue and Paul have made some apt comments that point out the blatant
disconnect between the exhortations of Cultmaster Douglas Wilson and the words
and intentions of Christ.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There are many comments that can be made about Wilson's harangue urging
imprecatory prayer. I will limit myself to just three. [Please bear
in mind that I am not a believer, but simply making a short logical analysis of
what has been written.]</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I. Wilson's hate-filled diatribe is directly
contradictory to the words of Christ found in <EM>Matthew</EM>.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The cites from <EM>Matthew</EM> in the original post contain the
following:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"<SPAN><STRONG>But if anyone strikes you on the right
cheek, turn the other also</STRONG>; and if anyone wants to sue you and take
your coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go
also the second mile.</SPAN></FONT>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff>"You have heard that
it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.'</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff>But I say to you,
<STRONG><FONT size=5>Love</FONT> your enemies and pray for those who persecute
you</STRONG>, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes
his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on
the unrighteous.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>Be
perfect</STRONG>, therefore, as your heavenly Father is
perfect".</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Matthew</EM> is the first book of <EM>The New Testament</EM>. The
vast majority of contemporary biblical scholars agree that <EM>Matthew</EM> most
likely contains the most accurate rendering of the words spoken by Christ.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Historically, what made the teachings of Christ very different from, in
fact revolutionary with the religious tradition from whence he came was the very
passages cited below in the original post and in part above. Hate is to be
replaced by love, compassion, and acts clearly demonstrating such.
Followers are to won by showing love and patience in words and actions, not by
wishing the unbelievers evil or smiting or killing them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It would be hard to find a more glaring example of Anti-Christ philosophy
than that found in Wilson's urgings to his ovine , needful flock.
Christ would most likely weep at such a libelous, cruel, antithetical use of his
teachings. I suspect that most sincere Christians would not only weep but
be outraged.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wilson's web-blot is a public document. In making this public prayer,
Wilson again shows his disconnect wit the urgings of Christ not to pray in
public.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia">"And whenever you
pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the
synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly
I tell you, they have received their reward.</SPAN> </FONT>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff>But whenever you pray,
<STRONG><FONT size=5>go into your room and shut the door and</FONT></STRONG>
<STRONG><FONT size=5>pray to your Father who is in secret</FONT></STRONG>; and
your Father who sees in secret will reward you."</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>II. Exhortative prayer is a direct,
hypocritical denial of the alleged properties of the alleged God of
the</STRONG> <STRONG>Wilson & Family's Christless Crackpot Cult &
</STRONG><FONT color=#00bb88><STRONG>Cash Machine</STRONG></FONT><FONT
color=#000000>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At the website of <EM>Credenda Agenda</EM>, part of the ministry
of <STRONG>Wilson & Family's Christless Crackpot Cult & <FONT
color=#00bb88>Cash Machine</FONT></STRONG> we find the following in the
statement of faith: [Reader's might find it very revealing to read the entire
statement of faith.]</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.credenda.org/statement_of_faith.php"><FONT
color=#ff00ff>http://www.credenda.org/statement_of_faith.php</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"I believe God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and
<STRONG>unchangeable</STRONG> in his being, <STRONG>wisdom</STRONG>, power,
holiness, justice, goodness, and truth; I believe there is but one true and
living God;..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><EM>"We believe</EM> that there is one God, eternally
existent in three Persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. <STRONG>He is
omnipotent</STRONG>, that is, <STRONG>He is all-powerful. He is
omnipresent</STRONG>, that is, He is present throughout all Creation but not
limited by it. He is <STRONG>omniscient, that is, nothing is hidden from His
sight</STRONG>. In all things He is limited by nothing other than His own nature
and character. We believe <STRONG>the God we serve is holy, righteous, good,
severe, loving and full of mercy. He created the heavens and earth, and
everything in them</STRONG>, in the space of six ordinary days, and all very
good. He is the Creator, Sustainer, and Governor of everything that has been
made."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Briefly, Wilson's alleged God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and created the
universe accordingly.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Why then does Wilson think it necessary to tell/instruct through
imprecatory prayer this alleged omniscient, omnipotent God what to
do? Does Wilson think he is smarter than this God? Does Wilson
really believe that his alleged God is so stupid and blind that it/she/he
cannot run the universe without Wilson's guidance even thought it/he/she created
it without Wilson's guidance? Is it then Wilson's job to pass
judgment on all, imposes sentences, and then instruct his alleged God to
carry out the execution of Wilson's orders like some
slow-witted, bumbling, helpless hand-slave?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The words "egomania", "megalomania", "delusional", and "con
artistry" come to mind among many others.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>III. There are much, much better models for those
needing and seeking spiritual solace and ways to birth goodness than those
promulgated by the Wilson & Family's Christless Crackpot Cult & <FONT
color=#00bb88>Cash Machine</FONT>.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Part of the Hippocratic Oath says in effect: "First do no harm."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Although I am not a believer, I can see that certain religious beliefs and
the actions resulting from them have not only an uplifting, comforting
effect on their believers, but can also motivate in part a great amount of good
for humankind, animalkind, and the world in general. Unfortunately, such
is not true of all religious beliefs, leaders, and practitioners, as we can
clearly see from the example of Wilson's views on imprecatory prayer which is no
different from the curse uttered by some adherents of Islam: "Death to the
infidels."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For those needing and seeking spiritual solace, and to have their
actions proceed from such, the words of Anthony Storr might help guide their
search in part:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"If there is one message I want to convey, it is to
distrust characters who are both deeply self-absorbed and also authoritarian.
... All authorities, whether political or spiritual, should be distrusted, and
extremely authoritarian characters who divide the world into 'us' and 'them',
who preach there is only one way forward, or who believe they are surrounded by
enemies, are particularly to be avoided. It is not necessary to be
dogmatic to be effective. The charisma of certainty is a snare which
entraps the child who is latent in us all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>If anyone is in urgent need of help or guidance, let
him find someone who will listen rather than preach; someone who will encourage
him to look inward and find out what he as a unique individual thinks and
believes, rather than accepting some guru's [spiritual leader's]
dogma.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>If anyone is looking for the joy of working with others
toward a common goal, let him join one of the many organizations devoted to
helping refugees, the poor, the sick, and the unfortunate. Such
organizations need no guru [spiritual leader], and those who join them need have
no religious affiliation. The wish to help one's fellow men is not
confined to believers."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID
83843</DIV>
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<DIV>(208) 882-7975<BR><A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=godshatter@yahoo.com href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul Rumelhart</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:59 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: Fantasy vs. Reality Fourth
Installment</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>After reading through that prayer, I have a few questions.
The first and foremost is: do members of Christ Church really think that the
people who have expressed disagreement with the church can really be categorized
as "enemies"? From my wishy-washy liberal views on such things, the talk
of death by hanging, blindness, and such seems a bit overkill for a simple
disagreement.<BR><BR>Wouldn't a true enemy of your god have to actually believe
in your god enough to actually oppose His true nature? I can't imagine why
you think it would be a good thing to have your god smite someone that you have
simply failed to convince of God's true nature and existence. Since your
god stays in the shadows and not out in the daylight, the burden is on you to
make us believe. Praying mean things for someone that you have failed to
convince sounds a bit arrogant to me, actually, and I wouldn't be surprised if
your god simply rolls his eyes whenever He hears one of these prayers. I
would, at a minimum. If I had even a small sense of humor, I would smite
everything asked for back on the asker since that is basically what they are
asking for themselves.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>Sue Hovey wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now at this point, does Job's wife just
shake her finger at him and say, "Curse God and die?" Seems appropriate
somehow. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue Hovey</FONT></DIV>
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Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=news.of.christ.cult@gmail.com
href="mailto:news.of.christ.cult@gmail.com">News of Christ Cult</A> </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B>
<A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:35 AM</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B>
[Vision2020] Fantasy vs. Reality Fourth Installment</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=6><SPAN
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<TR height=17></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><B><FONT size=+1>A Prayer of
Imprecation</FONT></B><BR><B>Topic: </B>Liturgical Notes [Douglas
Wilson]<BR>
<P>One of the easiest things in the world to misunderstand (and therefore to
misrepresent) is the biblical pattern of imprecatory prayer. It is very easy
to interpret the practice as some kind of primitive voodoo doll custom,
practiced only by the petty and vindictive. But for those who are open to a
very fine treatment of the subject, I would recommend John Day's book, <I><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_/102-0677873-7898543?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Crying+for+Justice&Go.x=7&Go.y=13&Go=Go"
target=_blank>Crying for Justice</A></I>. Over the last few years, the fact
that we have prayed this way has been seized on by some of our adversaries
as proof-positive that we obviously are crazed fundamentalists. But
fundamentalism is the practice of absolutizing bits and pieces of Scripture.
Liberalism is the absolutizing of other portions. To their credit, the
fundamentalists at least knew that the death of Christ on the cross was more
important than than Pharaoh offered the Israelites full employment benefits,
but the fundamentalist vision is still truncated for all that. But what
happens when we submissively come to <I>tota et sola Scriptura</I>?
Imprecation is part of it. Below is a sample prayer of imprecation, so those
who are wondering if a biblical Christian could ever pray this way can read
through one and see for themselves. But I think that the real question needs
to be presented to those Christians who never have occasion to pray this
way.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Father of Jesus Christ, our gracious God, we cry out to You in a time of
trouble. Our adversaries come at us with lies, lies that they delight to
tell, fluent lies, as their father tells them, in their native language.</P>
<P>We pray that You would return to them seven-fold, according to all that
they have done or said or hoped for, and all according to the promises of
Your holy Word. Grant to them shame of face, <I>so that they might turn back
to You</I> and seek Your name. We would not be like Jonah, resentful or
afraid of Your grace to other sinners, even to those who have sinned
grievously against us.</P>
<P>You have taught us, called us, summoned us, to love our enemies, to bless
those who curse us, to rejoice when we are mistreated by them, and to return
good for evil. We are not to return evil for evil, but rather to overcome
evil with good. We accept this and rejoice in it. We know and understand
that this is based on Your holy character and example—You give rain and
sunlight to the righteous and unrighteous both—and that this is therefore
Your standard of holiness for us, and we gladly submit to it. We therefore
seek the grace to continue to love our enemies, asking You to save them. Not
only would we be saved from their treachery and lies, but we ask that You
would save <I>them</I> from their treachery and lies.</P>
<P>In praying this way, we ask that we would be able to distinguish sharply
between those who are our personal enemies, and those who are our enemies
for Your name's sake. We pray that we would extend nothing but wholehearted
grace to the former, and that we would commit the terrors of strict justice,
with regard to the latter, entirely and only to You. We would not be like
the disciples who, caught up in their mistaken zeal, did not know "what
spirit they were of." We would ask nothing from You in this that Your Word
does not specifically invite us to ask. You are a God who keeps covenant to
a thousand generations, and we are asking You to keep Your covenant word. If
justice falling on the heads of our enemies is not a promise of
<I>covenant</I> justice, Lord, we don't want to ask for it. But if it is
such a promise, we dare not refuse to ask. How long, Lord, will You leave in
sin those who mistreat Your people in this way?</P>
<P>If it is not Your sovereign purpose to destroy them through saving grace,
we pray that You would humiliate them and give them shame of face
regardless. We pray that they would fall into the pit they have purposefully
dug for us. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We pray that You would turn all
their plans and purposes upside down. Like Haman, we pray that they would be
hanged on the gallows they have built for Your people. </SPAN>You are the
judge of the whole earth; will You not do right? How long will You delay in
bringing justice to the earth? Doesn't it <I>bother</I> You that Your name
and Your people are treated this way? We know that You are everlastingly
good; why are You silent in that goodness? We know that You have promised to
justify and vindicate Your people; rise up, Lord, and scatter Your
enemies!</P>
<P>Father, we pray that You would <I>deal</I> with this situation. If it is
Your good pleasure to deal with it through saving them, then that is what we
would by far prefer, and it <I>is</I> what we ask for. But if it is not Your
good pleasure to save them, we ask that You would cut them off in their
course of sinning regardless, and that You would not allow their iniquity to
come to its full measure. Set limits to Your judgment on them. We pray that
You would set limits to that judgment by setting limits to their lies and
treachery. We pray, Father, that You would cut them off in the midst of
their sin.</P>
<P>We ask that You would deliver us from their snares in a way that
showcases Your final and ultimate vindication and justification of us,
together with all Your people. We know that we are sinners, and that many
just and righteous accusations <I>could</I> be brought against us. For the
sake of Christ, we pray that we would be justified concerning all that we
have done that is wrong and wicked. But because Christ is our Protector as
well as Savior, we pray that we would be vindicated and justified with
regard to all that we have <I>not</I> done wrong. You chastise us for our
sins, but that is not why these evil men and women attack us—they attack us
because we love what is good, and because we trust in You.</P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Father, we pray that the angel of the
Lord would chase them down. We pray that You would set for them a dark and
slippery place, and that the angel of the Lord would persecute them there.
</SPAN>They have hated us without any just cause at all, and they have
devised all their plots without any good reason. We ask You therefore to
rise up and defend us. Stand in the pass behind us, and lower Your spear
against them. Turn them back from their wicked attacks. <I>Rout</I> them, we
pray. Chase them like chaff in a stiff wind. <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We pray that You would string Your bow, sharpen
Your sword, make ready all the instruments of death. Ordain Your arrows to
fly against those who persecute the righteous. Make their mischief to roll
back on their own impudent heads.</SPAN></P>
<P>Those who hate us without cause are more than the hairs of our heads, and
yet, Lord, we know that You have all those hairs numbered. You number and
name, and note, their hatreds. You know our foolishness; You know our
sinfulness, and You also know that our <I>sin</I> is not why we are being
attacked. Rather it is for Your sake, and our identification with You. <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Let their table become poisonous to them, let it
become a snare. Let their eyes be darkened, and judicial blindness fall upon
them.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We pray that their eyes would be blinded
by You; strike them so that they cannot see. Father, we pray that You would
make their loins shake continuously, that they would be seized with fear and
amazement. </SPAN>Pour out hot indignation all over them; take hold of them
tightly in Your wrathful anger. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">May their
dwellings become empty and desolate</SPAN>—for whenever You chastise anyone
<I>else</I>, they love to pile on as though You were not there. They
persecute the one that You are disciplining, and by their talk they dismay
the one who is suffering under Your hand. Add iniquity to their iniquity;
make a great heap of their sins. Do not let them enter into Your
righteousness. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Blot them out of the book of
the living.</SPAN> Do not record their names alongside the names of the
righteous.</P>
<P>God of our praise, do not hold Your peace. The mouths of the wicked and
the mouths of the deceitful have joined in chorus together, and they are
speaking against us with lying tongue. They are surrounding us with words of
hatred, and they fight against us without good reason. It is because we love
You that they are our adversaries, but we still give ourselves to prayer.
Not only have we incurred their hostility by loving You, but we have also
loved <I>them</I>, and have been treacherously betrayed by them. They
returned evil for good, and hatred for love, ingratitude for kindness.</P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Let these wicked men come under the rule
and reign of wicked men. Let Satan be continually at their right hand,
accusing them. When they come into judgment, when the trial comes, we pray
that the verdict of guilty would be rendered. When they cry out to You, let
their prayers be reckoned as sinful. When they pray to You, let the ceiling
above them remain silent. Cut short their days. </SPAN>When they have abused
offices within Your Church, let other faithful men rise up to take their
place.</P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Let their children be orphaned, cut off
without a father. Let their wives be widows, and we pray that their children
would be desolate, having to beg their bread in empty places. We pray that
the extortioner would come back at them, catching them in their plots, and
taking all that they have. May strangers and aliens pillage them and leave
them with nothing. We pray that when this happens, and Your hand is evident,
that no one would show mercy, and that no kindness would be extended to his
fatherless children. Cut off his posterity; may his name and his line come
to nothing. Recall how sinful his father was, and call up again the sins of
his mother. May their sins come before Your throne continually so that their
name may be blotted out, and remembered on the earth no more.</SPAN></P>
<P>We ask for this because he is merciless. He loved to kick the poor and
downtrodden, and sought to kill the broken-hearted. He loved cursing, and so
give him that cursing. He detested blessing, so let blessing remain far away
from him. He would put on curses like a comfortable coat; let those curses
of his seep into him deeply. Tie those curses around him permanently. Let
this be the clothing of all our enemies.</P>
<P>Let them curse, so long as You bless. When they get up in the morning,
and hear of the blessings You have bestowed on us, let them be greatly
ashamed. Let confusion cover over them completely, as though it were a
mantle. I pray that You stand at our right hand, and that You would always
save us from those who would condemn our souls.</P>
<P>We offer this pray to You in the righteous and holy name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and amen.</P><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Reality:</SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Gods'
Word from Matthew 5: 38 through 48</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>"You have heard that it was said, 'An
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>But I say to you, Do not resist an
evildoer.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>But if anyone strikes you on the right
cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your
coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go
also the second mile.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>Give to everyone who begs from you,
and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>"You have heard that it was said, 'You
shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>But I say to you, Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your
Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and
sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>For if you love those who love you,
what reward do you have? <SPAN> </SPAN>Do not even the tax collectors
do the same?</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>And if you greet only your brothers
and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles
do the same?</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect".</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>Gods' Word from
Matthew 6: 4 through 8</SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia">"And
whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and
pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen
by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.</SPAN>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>But whenever you pray, go into your
room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>"When you are praying, do not heap up
empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard
because of their many words.</SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><SPAN>Do not be like them, for your Father
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