Don’t forget that kosta was the one who changed the subject and made this about prayer.
In kost’s post 12,770 he was musing on why Protestants/Presbyterians even went to church.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2578704/posts?page=12770#12770
My response was “We go to church because we want to, to worship in fellowship with other believers, not because we are threatened with hellfire and damnation if we don’t.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2578704/posts?page=12963#12963
At which point he changed the subject to prayer instead of worship- post 12,982
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2578704/posts?page=12982#12982
And has been single mindedly pursuing that discussion since then. Why did he change the subject, I wonder?
One could reasonably come to the conclusion that Catholics were PWND with that response and couldn’t handle the heat.
Getting back to the subject, Protestants go to church on Sundays out of a desire to and to worship in fellowship with other believers. We go freely, not out of compulsion laid on us by the church we attend due to threats of mortal sin and hellfire and brimstone.
Does that rankle Catholics that we have that freedom to go or not go as we please, in the freedom we have in Christ, as opposed to being forced to attend because of threats imposed on us of committing a mortal sin and risking our eternal salvation if we don’t get to the obligatory confession the following Saturday?
So, kosta, why DID you change the subject?
Yes, we understand that your religion is of your own making and your god is what you create. We get it and while there are many ex Catholics who succumb to the urge to create their own god, there are that many more who accept and worship God. We are Moses, spiritually attached to God, and the children of the Reformation are Aaron, making the golden calf to satisfy their own whims and immediate desires. We get that. And we appreciate that you have illuminated the distinction.
I didn't change the subject. Worship includes praise but also prayers as well. Jesus gave you one prayer to pray, not hundreds, and he tells you to pray in a closet with its doors shut, in private. He specifically says do not pray like the hypocrites, in public and in places of worship (synagogues). So, why do Protestants go to church if they do everything according to the Bible? Where does Jesus say worship should include group prayer on a Sunday?