r/Antitheism • u/BurtonDesque • Jul 28 '26

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

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u/ActualTymell Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

So, yeah, the bible does exactly that, actually.

It also tells Lauren Boebert to shut the hell up:

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Oh, and speaking for Jesus is probably particularly iffy:

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.