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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Aug 25, 2023, anonymous@nowhere.you.know wrote   
   (in article<64e8f68c$0$2245$1c4686b2@news.club.cc.cmu.edu>):   
      
   > Regarding Matthew:   
   >   
   > 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they   
   > think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.   
   > >   
   > > > 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?   
   >   
   > Peter offers a possible answer we can test in his experience:   
      
   You failed to show proof, servant.   
   >   
   >   
   > > Yes.   
   >   
   > Hmm, would thatinclude the multiple uses in prayer of "in the name of   
   > Jesus"? Or when praying in "tongues" the often heard repetitin utttering   
   > of the same phrases?   
      
   Again, you failed to show proof.   
      
   When a person prays God knows the intent of the Heart. Once is enough.   
      
   Need examples? Check the prayers of Jesus to His Heavenly Father. There are   
   many in the Gospels.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)