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To: DreamsofPolycarp

and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

Does 'pray' mean 'forgive'? Are the two words interchangeable?

It is impossible to do these things WITHOUT forgiving.

Wrong. Of course I can pray for them without forgiving them. I can pray for them to repent so I can then forgive them, thus fullfilling the Masters commands. If they aren' sincerely repentant, then forgiveness is not only useless, it's destructive.

51 posted on 04/28/2007 12:17:54 PM PDT by Lurker (Comparing 'moderate' islam to 'extremist' islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)

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To: Lurker

Of course I can pray for them without forgiving them.

Mark 11:25 says you are wrong.

56 posted on 04/28/2007 12:35:22 PM PDT by DreamsofPolycarp (Ron Paul in '08)

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