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You only need to genuflect when Jesus is present in the tabernacle. The Baptist church doesn't have a tabernacle NOR the real presence of Jesus Christ, therefore you will NEVER need to genuflect in a Baptist church.
How dare you say those words against the Baptist church. The catholic church is the most horrifying abomination of the Christian faith on the face of this world. Mary worship, beads, statues, sanctification processes and the disqualification of God's grace to truth seekers is all an abomination in God's eyes. Catholicism knows nothing of the grace of God. You trust your works and don't care at all for the once and for all sacrifice of Jesus Christ. By HIS obedience are we made righteous in the eyes of God! The catholic church robs Jesus of His glory and perverts His grace to the world.
Today me and my boyfriend attended a funeral and wake service for a friend who died due to cancer. When we got to the pew he genuflected. Is this common only among Catholics? the service was in a Baptist church and we are both Catholic.
Genuflecting is a moot point for us Muslims. No pews in a Mosque.
Weeeeeelllll it ain't like sitting in the lotus position for 3 hours fer sure.
However, our sitting posistion is very similar to the Lotus Position and if the Imam decides to recite all of Surah Baquerah it will be for at least an hour and a half.
But typically the prayer only lasts 10-15 minutes. Our 5 daily prayers can consist of from 2 to 4 Sunnah Rakkats, 2 to 4 Fard and 2 to 4 Nafl although many of us only do the Sunnah Rakkats, a Rakkat consists of one Qur'an recitation which is either all of one short Surah or a minimum of 9 ayyats from a long one. We sit during the Qur'an recitation.
So theoretically if the Imam decides to do all the Rakkats for Maghreb Prayer and chooses to recite the longest Surat (Plural of Surah) we could be sitting for 6 hours or longer.
It really takes an exceptional Imam to recite a long Surah, as the recitation has to be from memory and not read.
But relating this to the OP Catholics are not the only ones who incorporate physical motions in with the worship. They are not even unique in Genuflecting as you will find that among some Anglicans, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Orthodox, Coptic and probably others.
How dare you say those words against the Baptist church. The catholic church is the most horrifying abomination of the Christian faith on the face of this world. Mary worship, beads, statues, sanctification processes and the disqualification of God's grace to truth seekers is all an abomination in God's eyes. Catholicism knows nothing of the grace of God. You trust your works and don't care at all for the once and for all sacrifice of Jesus Christ. By HIS obedience are we made righteous in the eyes of God! The catholic church robs Jesus of His glory and perverts His grace to the world.
Well, bless your heart. There is nothing Christian about what Baptists (like you) preach.
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