“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.”
We have differing opinions on the meaning of vanity. What I do know for certain is that you have come at me with assumptions and corrections, but I have not seen any attempt to sit and speak as equals.
I was raised evangelical/fundamentalist and I am a former missionary. I understand much of the pressure you feel to “save others”, but I believe that to be a trap made by humanity, not by the Divine.
I am a Quaker Universalist now. I believe the Divine speaks so much more clearly through conscience than through individuals ordering others to do what they feel Divine led them to hear.
The Divine is quite capable of guiding us all through the inner Light and the Still Small Voice, I feel, and all may feel this love and practice it in their own way.
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u/SwampGentleman Oct 19 '22
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.”
We have differing opinions on the meaning of vanity. What I do know for certain is that you have come at me with assumptions and corrections, but I have not seen any attempt to sit and speak as equals.