Prayer at public meetings

[Baja28 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by foodcritic

At least you admit it. I will paypal you the ticket money.

Quit being stupid and post that list of godless countries!

[b23hqb]

Originally Posted by Radiant1

Maybe they would. Why don't you start a CRE prayer group separate and apart from the HOA meetings?

A prayer meeting/Bible study is always a good idea, anytime/anyplace (2 Tim 4:2, 1Thes 5:17, Eph 6:18), but it still wouldn't hurt to suggest it as part of the official meetings as well.

If the opening prayer at meetings does not fly, so be it.

Wear your Christian belief on your sleeve, but do it as Jesus would. We are assured that those that do not have those same beliefs blatantly display their opposition to it.

[foodcritic]

Originally Posted by Baja28

Quit being stupid and post that list of godless countries!

China, Russia and any other communist country you can think of....Of course there is also the decline of England, France and Germany as once rich in Christian tradition that is now extremely secularized. Ok.

[b23hqb]

Originally Posted by foodcritic

China, Russia and any other communist country you can think of....Of course there is also the decline of England, France and Germany as once rich in Christian tradition that is now extremely secularized. Ok.

Don't leave out the good old USA and Canada joining those more and more secularized countries, where God-fearing people are forced to concede, by law now, to those that disdain biblical principles, but those peeps are not forced to accept Christian views......

Also don't forget, from a biblical perspective, every Islamic country, the vastness of India, the rest of northern Europe, etc.

[foodcritic]

Originally Posted by b23hqb

Don't leave out the good old USA and Canada joining those more and more secularized countries, where God-fearing people are forced to concede, by law now, to those that disdain biblical principles, but those peeps are not forced to accept Christian views......

Also don't forget, from a biblical perspective, every Islamic country, the vastness of India, the rest of northern Europe, etc.

Many of these people are all about destroying the foundations of our country to secularize it. The very things that made it great are being attacked. They think they are bettering our country when they really are destroying from with in.

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by foodcritic

Many of these people are all about destroying the foundations of our country to secularize it. The very things that made it great are being attacked. They think they are bettering our country when they really are destroying from with in.

We're fixing it for the future generations.

[foodcritic]

Originally Posted by Merlin99

We're destroying it for the future generations.

The arrogance of the left......

[Merlin99 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by foodcritic

The arrogance of the left......

So anyone who isn't Christian is automatically "Left"?

[BadGirl (Premo)]

Originally Posted by b23hqb

A prayer meeting/Bible study is always a good idea, anytime/anyplace (2 Tim 4:2, 1Thes 5:17, Eph 6:18), but it still wouldn't hurt to suggest it as part of the official meetings as well.

If the opening prayer at meetings does not fly, so be it.

Wear your Christian belief on your sleeve, but do it as Jesus would. We are assured that those that do not have those same beliefs blatantly display their opposition to it.

See, I completely disagree with this.

Hold a Prayer Meeting prior to or after the HOA meeting, but do NOT try to accomplish another agenda (prayer) when you are really there to serve the community and the HOA.

If I went to an HOA meeting, and someone/anyone were to open up with prayer, I'd want to punch that person. Seriously.

Going to meetings are a pain in the ass enough as it is, so it would just anger me that the entire point of the meeting is being clouded by someone else's desire to push (wither subtly or not), their beliefs on me. It'd make me want to never go to a meeting ever again.

But I'd still want to punch that person who initiated the prayer.

[Misfit]

Originally Posted by Merlin99

So anyone who isn't Christian is automatically "Left"?

Left Behind