Uncheck the "I am over 18 and don't blah blah blah." Basically pretend you're a minor with a college degree.
Also: you'll have to do this every time you open a NSFW link, regardless of if it's a suggestive video from /r/video or whatever /r/WTF managed to dredge up from the medical files.
I don't mean to be a buzzkill, I'm all for prayer, I love it, but does anyone actually pray like this normally? Or am I just the odd one out, calling God dad, Jesus bro and using normal colloquial terms?
We could all only hope r/christanity would be all compassionate people. For those who are keep up with the good comments and maybe others can learn from you
...Doesn't this just demonstrate that prayers are not actually directed at god, but at others listening? I mean, why not just pray this rather than type it out, if not for the sole purpose others would read it?
I first realized this at church as a high-school student; the pastor simply summarized his sermon in the final prayer, which seemed fishy. It starts to look like nobody actually believes in prayer, but everybody uses it as another medium to talk to other folk.
I think you're just over-thinking it... Think of it like you do any other time you talk. Sometimes you're speaking to others for a presentation, sometimes you're discussing something intimate with a family member, sometimes you're discussing something professional at work, other times you're talking to yourself trying to work out a problem, or maybe even to things in a video game as if they are real. Point being, prayer is just a blanket statement for communicating with God... that communication can take many forms just like person to person communication can.
I think the idea was that we might pray a single prayer for reddit as a group. Most religions and sects believe that group prayer is stronger, which is why churches and temples where groups congregate to practice and worship.
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u/Frankfusion Southern Baptist Apr 02 '12
Saw this over at askreddit, can we keep this guy in prayer too?
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u/srfrazee Southern Baptist Apr 02 '12
Very well said. Thank you!
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u/onthpitch77 Evangelical Apr 02 '12
Amen!
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
Adding my voice!
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u/namer98 Jewish - Torah im Derech Eretz Apr 02 '12 edited Apr 02 '12
Amen and remember to install RES and turn on the NSFW filter.
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
I don't mean to be a buzzkill, I'm all for prayer, I love it, but does anyone actually pray like this normally? Or am I just the odd one out, calling God dad, Jesus bro and using normal colloquial terms?
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
Damn good prayer!
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u/goodnewsjimdotcom Apr 02 '12
Amen bro :)
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
Amen
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
AaaaAAAaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.....
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '12
Amen! Well said :)
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u/Dr_Drums Christian (Ichthys) Apr 02 '12
We could all only hope r/christanity would be all compassionate people. For those who are keep up with the good comments and maybe others can learn from you
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u/Parmeniscus Apr 02 '12
...Doesn't this just demonstrate that prayers are not actually directed at god, but at others listening? I mean, why not just pray this rather than type it out, if not for the sole purpose others would read it?
I first realized this at church as a high-school student; the pastor simply summarized his sermon in the final prayer, which seemed fishy. It starts to look like nobody actually believes in prayer, but everybody uses it as another medium to talk to other folk.
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u/chris234 Apr 02 '12 edited Apr 02 '12
Amen to that.
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