It’s only for seven days, not two weeks. Also, you can look at older threads any time you want, David doesn’t have to save it or anything.
If you really want to decode it, it’s fairly easy, just do 26 search and replaces (hint: replace with lower case).
Cheers,
PeeQueue
PeeQueue:
Thanks for the heads up! I’ll inform Glitch.
I almost didn’t want to include the first morning’s prayer, because I was afraid it would cripple Glitch right away. It was a struggle for me to believe that this was what God wanted me to say. Glitch is a man of honor, and if he gives his promise, then I’m concerned for his spiritual well being when he cannot keep it. Yet, on the very first morning, he promises God that he will be perfect that day.
I have to admit that I was planning to follow the prayers just like Glitch, but when I decoded the first this morning, was unwilling to start out with what I knew would be a broken promise – so I abandoned it. Why start something with a lie? even if to prove a point?
Bah! No big deal – I’m perfect every day! Just ask me! 
Meara:
Exactly. Well said.
The only point that I could see to it was that God wants Glitch to understand that he cannot be perfect, which sort of irritated me a little bit because I have been hawking “Be Perfect” as the perfect Categorical Imperative. Of course, I did notice that Glitch moves from an inevitably broken promise to forgiveness, to love, and to faith.
Libertarian, just out of curiosity, how did you ‘channel’ the prayers from the holy spirit? Did you hear them in your dreams or prayers, or did you right them down and think “Nah, that’s not right” until one of them felt right?
I’m curious about your experience of selecting the prayers, without attaching any significance of the experience to their validity/lack thereof. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have this kind of experience, and I’d love it if you felt able to share it with us.
Of course, these things may be deeply personal, so I for one would understand if you did not feel comfortable opening up like this.
He was watching the Game Show Network and heard a contestant say…
douglips:
I’m not sure whether the process of inspiration is any different for me than it is for an atheist. I can quite imagine Gaudere looking at a blank canvas and suddenly beginning to work after an inspiration hits her. The only difference, I think, is that she believes the source of her inspiration is her brain, and I believe that, in some cases, the source of my inspiration is the Holy Spirit.
So, I did what Glitch requested, and petitioned God to give him prayers through me that would lead him to Him. They are simply what occurred to me when I prayed. For example, I said, “Father, what would you have him pray on the first morning?” The next thought I had was “Tell him to promise me that he will be perfect, for I am perfect, and he and I are one.” So, I wrote the first prayer.
Next, I prayed for the evening prayer. The next thought I had was, “In all things, ask using my name.” And so on and so on until they were done.
I had to decode these prayers for myself.
Lib, these are some interesting prayers. I will be curious to see what Glitch comes back with.
Jeffery
I must say… those prayers are even throwing me for a loop. Thank you for sharing the process of how you got them Lib.
Beth
I decoded the prayers, and there are a couple of things I don’t understand. But, we’ll see it turns out.
Lib: If you had to categorize yourself in a denomination, what would it be? I think you know that I am Pentecostal.
What difference does it make whether someone believes in God or not? I know quite a few people who “believe in God” and have very little character.
To me the way we conduct our lives is the important item. The more we do what we believe helps ourselves and mankind, we are doing our job…or to simplify it: the greater the good and the lesser the evil in each of us, the better person we are…and we don’t have to believe in God to accomplish this.
Arg:
Denomination? Hmmm. I suppose you could classify me as an Objectivist Christian.
Skelton:
You make a good point. An identity is an identity. Would Thomas Kincade’s work be any less beautiful if he didn’t believe in art?
If he believes in art, why does he paint that crap?
<font size=-2>I know, you meant ‘if he didn’t believe in God’, but loathing his work I just couldn’t resist.</font>
douglips:
No, I meant art. You may substitute whatever artist you like best.
Thomas Kincade gets his palette from a box of cereal. I call it “Fruity Pebble art”.
Paul Yeah
Nothing new to add, I just wanted to bump this to the top, so that Glitch can easily find it to tell us the outcome of the experiment.
Jeffery
No bumping! :mad:
Is there really something that I am not aware of of not bumping threads to the top David?
Is this a GD rule? It is done fairly often in MPSIMS. Or are you just giving me a hard time?
Jeffery