Praise the Lord?

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Originally Posted by votivesoul

Found this at wikipedia, under "Greeting":

If this definition is valid, and I think it is, then follow:

To say "Praise the Lord" as we greet someone is an act of communication. We are communicating our praise to God that we have been given a chance to see and meet someone.

To say "Praise the Lord" as we greet someone allows us to intentionally make our presence known to someone, to show attention to, and this part is KEY, to suggest a type of relationship or social status between us as we come into contact with each other.

The type of relationship suggested by such a greeting indicates that we are both God-fearing, God-loving, Bible-believing Christians. The social status indicated by such a greeting is that we are both members in the Body of Messiah, trusting in the same Lord, in the same faith, of the same baptism, and that the same one God and Father of all, who is above us, through us, and in us both, is the God and Father that we mutually serve and praise when we get another chance to get together with brethren.

How in the world is any of the above an issue?

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