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I remember after 9-11 when they had members of different faiths saying prayers for the dead, a very old man representing the Sikh religion came forward and sang a prayer in his own language.

Every other minister, rabbi and imam was delivering these politically calculated speeches they were calling prayers, but this old man was singing a melody that was clearly between himself and the man upstairs, and his compassion truly communicated.

At that moment I had more in common with that man than the representatives of my Christian faith who had clearly tailored their public prayers for the ears of men.

I wish I could have found that prayer service on YouTube, but I couldn't. While I was searching, I found this 2011 10th anniversary Sikh memorial service for the victims of 9-11 and it reaffirms my thoughts that they are people I could hang with and pray with.

And BTW I think the turbans look badass cool.

At that moment I had more in common with that man than the representatives of my Christian faith who had clearly tailored their public prayers for the ears of men.

"....the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them...."

You'll have to forgive me for not quoting Paul over Jesus, it's just that I find that Jesus' words mean so much more when used by themselves or in conjunction with the Old Testament from where he is teaching.

Christianity is all about the big show these days, it has been for a while. It's all about who can quote the most "relevant" quotes to people they've never met or rarely see on Facebook or Freerepublic, who has the biggest church and the bigest tv shows, etc.