Matthew 6:5 - "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 men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:6 - But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
And your point is? I am familliar with these verses And cannot reconcile what the language and intent of the author
was to the issue of schoolprayer-or corportate prayer -IF
your assert were a lock box on prayer WHY did Dr.Luke not
record Jesus ,when asked to teach the disiples to pray (Luke
chapter 11) Why did not Luke ( who was so careful in his details) not record Christ as teaching these words were to
be spoken in private only? In Scripture there are many prayers issued in corporate/public setting--and are no less
valid than those uttered in private. The issue/lesson given
in the verses you cite refer to the intent of the one praying- was it not simply to be heard of others-not to converse with the Father? When the American Courts kicked
God the Bible and Prayer out of School in 1962 (to cite the Americans United for Separation of church and State) the intent wa snot to make us more holy but to create a wholly secular public school system where NO reference to God, the Bible or Prayer would be tolerated wholly in contradiction to what was established as American Eductation