It’s kind of ironic that after complaining about prayers with many words, Jesus goes on to tell them to instead use the Lord’s Prayer, which in itself is just an incredibly long-winded way of saying “hi god give me a good and virtuous life”.
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Dadifer@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
““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. So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’] For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.” Matthew 6:7-15 NASB1995 bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.8-15.NASB1995
turdas@suppo.fi 19 hours ago
niartenyaw@midwest.social 19 hours ago
and not just too many words, but first complaining about meaningless repetition and then immediately says hey just repeat these words exactly
Dadifer@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
7 sentences is not a tweet, true enough.
Liraelyn@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Yes. You can do the same kind of rationalizing with most stories. People do it all the time, explaining why it actually makes sense why the the dragon lady went crazy at the end of
game of thrones
I haven’t actually seen got but it was the first example that came to mind for a situation that didn’t totally make sense in the context of the story but people have been able to rationalize what happened to make it turn the way it did even though their explanation is not canon
JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
I really want to be able to “spoiler” a word in a sentence without a line break
Dadifer@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It sounds like you have the theology you need.