[verity]

Your number 45.

Seems as though most folks prefer the Old Testament! ;`)

[HamiltonJay]

It is not a matter of the old testiment v the new testiment. Those hijackers are in the afterlife, God will judge them on their eternal destination, and I am not going to petition the Lord on their behalf. The biblical quote regarding praying for ones persecutors is in regard to the living, pray for them so that god may enter their heart and they may learn the evil of their ways and repent and act as agents of the Lord.

These men are no longer persecutors, but dust. They are in the afterlife and shall be judged by God, not I, for their actions. Nothing in the new testiment at all suggests any of us should pray for these butchers. I disagree whole heartedly with the posters interpretation that it does.

[Eternally-Optimistic]

Just go ahead and say the Our Father. When you get to the part about forgiveness, it is conditional ... as you forgive you want God to forgive you. So forgive 10% and you are asking God to forgive you 10%.
Scripture also says "judgement is mine says the Lord".