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From: kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz)
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Subject: Re: Prayer, and stuff
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Date: 27 Aug 90 02:56:50 GMT
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In article <Aug.8.03.25.34.1990.12734@athos.rutgers.edu> vm0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent Paul Mulhern) writes:


[Question concerning why Catholics ask the angels and saints as well as 
their brothers and sisters to pray on their behalf to the Lord Our God.]
>
>Hey, you...why don't you pray for yourself?
>

When Catholics ask others to pray on their behalf, it is an expression of
humility.  To the Protestant this may seem silly, but then to the atheist,
the whole concept of prayer itself is silly.  So when you ask indignantly
Catholics why we don't "just pray for ourselves", remember that there is
an atheist right behind you asking you why bother praying at all.

dennis
kriz@skat.usc.edu