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Originally Posted by Evangelical
. .praying the words of the Bible cannot be vain because the words of the Bible are not useless. It's praying God's Word and God's Word is never vain. .
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Two related problems with this assertion. First is that WL deliberately contravened Paul, saying not to pray with understanding but rather to cultivate sensory impression. Second is that the practice facilitated an environment in which words could mean whatever 'God's oracle' needed them to mean today. In fact, it even led to messages - many, not few - where biblical words were held as useless (labeled vain, fallen, mixed, natural &c) simply because they didn't line up with the exposition at hand.
Beyond that, a lot of what was repetitively shouted wasn't even God's word but the word of the so-called seer of the revelation. "Let's all stand and declare stanza three with an exercised spirit!!" Footnotes, outlines, message text, all called forth in the same rhythmic cadence. All with the aim of cultivating sensory impression, and losing self in the Hive-mind. It's Mesmerism writ large.