Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: srchtec!johnb@gatech.edu (John Baldwin) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Prayer, and stuff Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 90 07:30:51 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: search technology, inc. Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: > >When Catholics ask others to pray on their behalf, it is an expression of >humility. To the Protestant this may seem silly... Not at all. Several times in the N.T., we are exhorted to pray for each other. (Here I am *again* lacking the proper references). Personally, I cannot find scriptural evidence (haven't looked deeply, either, I confess) which says I should *pray* to saints... but considering the usage of the word "saint" as "one set apart for/by God", I consider the body of believers to also be saints. I've asked my next-door-neighbor, Jeff (who's a brother in Christ) to pray for me more than once; I don't see that there's any sin in saying "and, by the way, Apostle Paul, if you can hear this, can you just reaffirm what I'm praying?" I think its important, however, to realize who our ADVOCATE is, and where our priorities and allegiances lie. -- John T. Baldwin | johnb%srchtec.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu Search Technology, Inc. | | "... I had an infinite loop, My opinions; not my employers'. | but it was only for a little while..."