“Go ahead, say it.” “‘Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be… — Robert A. Heinlein
“Go ahead, say it.”
“‘Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done—’”
“Stop! Stop right there. ‘Thy will be done—’ No Muslim claiming to be a ‘slave of God’ ever gave a more sweeping consent than that. In that prayer you invite Him to do His worst. The perfect masochist.
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