My neighbors are starting a prayer time.

[leftyladyfrommo]

At 7 pm everyone is supposed to go into their front yard and pray.

Well. You know. If it makes them feel better. The churches are all closed.

[gibraltar72]

1. Stay away from them!

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Don't worry. I don't mix it up with the bible people. nt

[Loki Liesmith]

26. Why?

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Matthew 6:6

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you

[FiveGoodMen]

16. That advice only came from Jesus

You don't expect Christians to follow it, do you?

They hate everything Jesus said, but they love the name.

[Aquaria]

34. They don't hate everything

They love him saying he’s bringing a sword, not peace.

They love when he talks about turning people against each other (only a few lines later!).

They love it when he calls a foreigner and her daughter “dogs.”

They—and WAY too many “liberals”—love it when he gets violent with people over a non-violent offense( the money changers).

And they love the glee he takes in promising to torture people they don’t like—forever.

But keep buying the bullshit propaganda that he’s not as hateful as they are, even though it’s obvious that they hate because he preaches hate.

[stopbush]

3. They could go in their front yards and take a dump.

It would do just as much good as prayer.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. As my dear departed aunt Faye would say:

“Pray in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first?”

[csziggy]

42. It would fertilize the grass, unlike prayer. nt

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. Anything that puts out more positive energy

and brings people together, albeit at a physical distance, is great! I’m not a praying person, but I’d probably still go to the front yard, just to see people, and try to think positive thoughts.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. People are scared. If that helps then go for it.

They have been trying to help people who can't get to the store. And that's a nice thing to do.

It doesn't bother me at all.

[Aquaria]

35. How is it positive to do nothing but talk to air?

[Crunchy Frog]

38. Maybe it's a way to feel socially connected and emotionally supported.

Human beings are social animals.

[dalton99a]

5. Certain roofing materials are known to interfere with signal transmission to God

[Polly Hennessey]

6. Public display of hypocrisy.

[lunasun]

36. They must pray in the front yard so everybody can see them and they can see who isn't joining

When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for. they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the. corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Jesus said you are supposed to shut yourself in your room

and pray in private. "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray is in secret; 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." Matthew 6:6. Ostentatious public praying was frowned upon. But what the heck, if it makes them feel better...

[Corgigal]

8. And at 7 pm

you can play this

[MoonlitKnight]

19. "Just do as I say

And don’t do what I do.”

[rustysgurl]

9. Well that's better than ...

... the woman who called my sister and asked if she would host a "small" Bible study in her home with less than 10 people so they could still worship yet stay under the radar.

To my sister's credit, she said "Hell, no," hung up on her, then called their pastor to let him know what this idiot was doing. Pastor apparently took care of it, and now said idiot is no longer speaking to my sister.

I call it a win-win.

[Moostache]

15. No loss for your sister under ANY circumstances...

Possibly life-saving loss under THESE times.

I know people crave interaction and community, but this is the time that doing what we do naturally will cause more deaths and more suffering, even if it is not our own. Jesus will understand, and if he does not, why the fuck would anyone WANT to worship him?

[Journeyman]

10. Well, if it keeps them out of street gangs . . .

[dalton99a]

12. +1

[magicarpet]

13. This might help get the ball rolling....

[ooky]

39. This is funny.

"Okay everybody, all on one side of the room repeat after me, the other side of the room will all hum together while we recite this."

[magicarpet]

45. You see what they did, they just ripped off the begining format of the Star Wars movie

I thought Jesus was more original than that, I mean our Almighty Lord Exalted Father God Lord God Jesus Christ Almighty.

What about copyrights infringement ?

[ck4829]

14. You should spread the word to pray right after sunset and also 4 other times throughout the day

At dawn, the middle of the day, the late part of the afternoon, and between sunset and midnight.

Why?

No reason.

[Nature Man]

22. and face Mecca

[TheBlackAdder]

17. My 75yo neighbors have in-house yoga meets, invite others over for "social-distance" dinners.

.

I said, "What? Someone could come in and contaminate your home."

She became upset with me and said, "Oh, come on. We'll be OK."


He has minor COPD. She has breathing, weight, diabetes and other health issues.


You can't fix stupid.

This was a phone call, as I was distancing to protect them, when it's my house that needs protection from them!

.

[a kennedy]

21. One of our neighbors suggested with all the walkers they should pick up all the

trash along our walking route that’s accumulated from Winter. I thought now that’s an excellent idea.

[MissMillie]

24. Back before my mom fell ill...

my folks would do this when they'd take their daily walk.

[MissMillie]

23. I know this sort of thing can give people comfort

But it also gives people information....

Christian prayer?

Jewish prayer?

Muslim prayer?

Wiccan rituals?



(E.g.... "Mr. Brown in the red house--he didn't come out to pray? He must not be one of us true American Christians!" )

[Hekate]

28. Well, I suppose if I called upon the Watchtowers of the East they'd have me bang to rights...

[Hekate]

25. Sounds lovely, actually. There's a fellow out Los Angeles way who invited everybody out at 8 pm...

...to make as much noise as possible. People stood in their separate front yards and yelled and beat pot lids -- and let off steam, basically.

The way I recall the story, he's always been the informal social director on their cul de sac: first to welcome newcomers, first to suggest a party, knows everybody's name. So when he came up with this idea and emailed everyone, it was a natural. They loved it, and everybody agreed to do it again.

[mucifer]

27. As long as they are 6 feet apart it's fine!

[LisaL]

29. Would you bet your life on it?

[John Fante]

30. I don't have an issue with it, provided they're

following all safety precautions.

[Firestorm49]

31. Quantifiable results?

[lindysalsagal]

32. ...because it's worked so well in the past.....

Unbelievable.

[MartyTheGreek]

33. "Get me to the Church on time!" - Modern Love David Bowie

My brother, pray in your front yard, backyard, in your chair where ever, just pray! Some of us pray with music. In this song, David Bowie is sarcastically and humoristically saying through the lyrics of this song, that organized religion basically gets him into trouble all the time.

Sometimes I try to form a Ninja Prayer group to meetup 4 am sidereal time no matter where you are on Earth. Works better to sync planetary aliment and cosmic energy. Our focus is a loving kindness type meditation, where we send pure love thoughts to the WH where it's difficult for evil to dwell. It's the opposite of dark prayer.

I'm curious, how would a Budda or Hindu prayer be spoken? Thank You and wish you and your neighbors the best!

I know when to go out
Know when to stay in
Get things done
I catch a paper boy
But things don't really change
I'm standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try
There's no sign of life
It's just the power to charm
I'm lying in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try
Never gonna fall for
walks beside me
(Modern love) walks on by
(Modern love) gets me to the church on time
(Church on time) terrifies me
(Church on time) makes me party
(Church on time) puts my trust in God and man
(God and man) no confession
(God and man) no religion
(God and man) don't believe in modern love
It's not really work
It's just the power to charm
I'm still standing in the wind
But I never wave bye bye
But I try, I try
Never gonna fall for
walks beside me
(Modern love)…

[Aquaria]

37. They can pray inside

Without doing their mental masturbation out in public.

[GoneOffShore]

40. Here in France, at 8PM people go to there windows, balconys, gardens and applaud

They applaud the medical staffs, the retail workers, the bus drivers, the people putting themselves at risk.

Hell, they're even applauding the gendarmes.

[leftyladyfrommo]

41. That is so neat.

I saw videos of the people in Italy all coming out on their balconies and singing.

That is absolutely fabulous.

[Hekate]

43. Sadly -- all too many responders in this thread make me glad they're not my neighbors...

Is such bile really necessary?

[leftyladyfrommo]

44. The really strange thing is that if you posted

sarcastic and insulting stuff about any other religion DU peeps would be up in arms. But it's always open season on Christianity.

I don't care one way or another . I am Buddhist and they don't believe in a creator god. They do believe in healing prayer and that's nice. It is comforting when it seems like the sky is falling

[jmg257]

46. How long is your garden hose? Will it reach?

Stay the fuck home, people.

[nolabear]

47. Some of the replies here dismay me.

I am not a believer but if these people are doing no harm and this helps them then to make offensive comments about them is simply mean. They are afraid and are pleading for help.

[leftyladyfrommo]

48. They are scared. Many suddenly have no job and

no income and no insurance . Most of the people in my
Neighborhood are pretty low income. They are just barely making it from month to month in the best of times.

[nolabear]

49. They are. I'm sad for them.