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   Friend james seeks help to understand:   
      
   >Matthew 6:7 "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.   
      
   Hmm, given the subject line, should jw memorize and repeat the lord's   
   prayer?  It follows the above in   averse or so and must be related to the   
   above, no?   
      
   The "meaningless"; or "vain" in the kjv is the subject and thus an   
   important key in understanding.  In my faith tradition the phrase "Lord   
   have mercy" is most often spoken in a set of 3.  Is that phrase a   
   "meaningless/vain" petition of God?   
      
   If a jw prays "we ask God" and repeated as "we also ask God"multiple times   
   in a list of petitions; in worship/prayer does the above apply?   
      
   It appears more likely this is but another example of the jw vatican   
   pouring backward current ideas into words 2000 years ago to fluff up their   
   own image .   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)