More insulting than calling me a "swine"? I am not namecalling. I am describing a behavior.
Why not welcome the prayers of Muslims to Allah? Would you welcome their prayers to save Terri? Do you see how this would obscure whether the God of the Bible or the God of Islam answered the prayer?
Do you understand that prayer is not some magic trick to get what you want from God? Prayer is intended for our benefit, to align our will with God's so that He can answer prayer that is in His will.
You can do what you want. I will sleep easy knowing that I warned you and others of what the Bible says about doing your own will and trying to worship God your own way.
I do not need anyone to follow me. Follow Jesus!
He is the One Who warned against copying vain pagan practices in prayer and worship. (See Matthew 6:7.)
I did not call you a swine. But I should not have told you the story for the same reason I didn't post it in the religion section. You didn't like the story and called it a false miracle. Here is what I posted. It was not my intention to call you a swine directly. It did rather turn out that way as you turned on me and rent me, just like the bible says will happen when you cast your pearls to the wrong people.
"I thought about posting the story in the religion section but opted not to throw pearls before swine (meaning those in there who love to tear catholics to shreds). I hope I have not thrown any of my pearls to you. If so, please return them to me unblemished and we'll call it a draw." I guess there's no way I can get my pearls back now. That story meant a lot to me.
Would you welcome their prayers to save Terri?
I'm neutral regarding that. I certainly would not presume to tell them not to pray for Terri or how to pray for Terri. Why bring them into this?
Do you understand that prayer is not some magic trick to get what you want from God?
I most certainly do. I also understand that God is far more merciful than a lot of his followers.
He is the One Who warned against copying vain pagan practices in prayer and worship. (See Matthew 6:7.)
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"
That is not the same as asking the saints for their intercession any more than it was a vain repetition to pray for nine days for the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
You can do what you want. I will sleep easy knowing that I warned you and others of what the Bible says about doing your own will and trying to worship God your own way.
Oh, dear. I worship God in the Roman Catholic way; that is certainly not my own way. I would never have come up with that all by myself.
I will sleep easier knowing that I finally got my picture of St. Germaine framed and put up on my wall. She is the patron of the suffering and abused. I haven't asked for her help much yet because she suffered way beyond what has been laid on me, but I do know abuse. I will ask her to protect me from your abusive behavior in trying to bully and intimidate me. Warn me? Of what? What will happen to me if I don't do it your way?