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To: sam_paine

Yes, Pascal’s wager was basically “what have you got to lose?” And I’m simply adding to that: what have you got to lose by continuing to believe in God and Jesus, and also facing East when you pray, just to show God that you are so eager to heed His word that you’ll give a nod of respect to the other Abrahamic religion. After all, presumably you follow certain elements of Judaic law, Old Testament injunctions like the Ten Commandments even though you, as saved by Jesus, don’t really have to. You do it to show your love. So face East when you pray. Just in case. Why not. What have you got to lose?


121 posted on 12/16/2011 8:39:50 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: A_perfect_lady; sam_paine
Let's face it; some of the kings of the Old Testament were just as lecherous, greedy, and nasty as Mohammed. That's simply the nature of the Middle East.

Not only a bigoted statement (one imagines a grand wizard saying "them Ay-rabs is nasty folk and so are dem dar Jews" through the gaps in his teeth) but one that ignores what's actually in the Bible. Those behaviors are condemned, either in the recounting or elsewhere in God's word.

So face East when you pray. Just in case. Why not. What have you got to lose?

One would lose the privilege of obeying and honoring the Lord and Savior who taught us how to pray and couldn't have cared less if we were pointing toward Mecca with our butts in the air. See Luke 11 for details.

155 posted on 12/16/2011 7:53:16 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (I want a hippopotamus for Christmas! Only a hippopotamus will do!)
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