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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:44 AM Original message |
Does it tick you off when people pray using King James-era language when they're praying? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. whenst thou beseecheth the lord |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Yeah, verily, |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nope. I don't care how people pray, or if they pray. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. ditto |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Good. Cuz we always use thee and thou and thy. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, when I was forced into Catholicism growing up, I'm sure I used some of those |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Probably not, since RCs don't use KJV or NKJV |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I remember using some "thy"s and "thou"s and "for thine is the kingdom..." etc. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. we used to pray in latin |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. And look! You still remember it! |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, it doesn't irritate me. Our family all do this, and because of this, it sounds strange to me to |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. YES |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. Nah. I like a little grandeur in my prayers. I'm sick of the "Valley Girl" prayers |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. When I pray in public, I think I walk a middle ground between these |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Ditto here--some people overdo it with the "just"-- |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. I've heard those referred to as "wejus" prayers. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Give me the old, "and lo, they dids't feast upon the lambs, and stoats, and orangutans..." |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Intention is everything. I don't think God really cares how it |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Well done. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, but woe be unto those who proselytizeth whilst spaking the words of the KJV |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, that annoys me. So does "Lord, we just..." |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. What annoys me is when people say the Lord's name (or title) |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. no |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, they lose me at "Lord" and I don't listen anymore |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. No, not at all |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. nah, I don't care really... |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. What ticks me off more is when people use King James-era language badly. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Did someone call the Grammar Police? |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. yeah, nothing wrong with "King James era" language...... |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Me too. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. No. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. I love it! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Wow, that's so beautiful |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. I dont care what dialect the faitthful use... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Should they use leet-speak instead? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. What does thoust mean? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. It frustrates me to no end... |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Only when they do it badly. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rite I Anglicans and Episcopalians still use the KJV Bible. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Selah. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. In general, I don't get ticked off by people praying |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. I am reminded of a post |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Well, there ARE differences in translations. The Spanish |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. No empirical proof... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. Verily, it riles my soul. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Verily, Nay, It Offendeth Me Naught. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. Nope. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've been known to pray in Sanskrit , Pali and Tibetan |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. O God, ease our suffering |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. Er, no, 'cause I've got a life. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. No, because my late grandmother used to pray that way. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Does it bother you? If so, why? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-05-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. Onlie if they fvccant hit up. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
52. I PREFER the King James prayers |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-06-07 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
55. Don't have much of a prob with that... |
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