Family faces eviction for loud night prayers

[tocqueville]

Thu Aug 17, 10:26 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A seven-member family faces eviction from an east Berlin apartment tower after neighbors complained about loud prayer sessions that keep the whole building awake at night, a German newspaper said Thursday.

"I really don't want to disturb the neighbors but the high volume is needed in the battle against the devil," Pierre D., the 42-year-old father of the Christian family, told Bild newspaper. He is fighting an eviction order in court.

Neighbors told Bild the screams and singing that are part of the family prayers in the second storey sometimes begin at 2:30 a.m. and can be heard all the way up to the fifth floor.

"We have to work in the morning and need our sleep," said taxi driver Horst Berghahn, who lives on the third floor. He said he asked the family to lower the volume several times since they moved into the building 10 months ago but to no avail.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060817/od_nm/germany_prayer_dc_1

[MADem]

1. The high volume is needed in the battle against the devil?

I am no Bible expert, but isn't there something in that tome about praying quietly or modestly or some such?

Those people need to be BEATEN with switches by everyone in that apartment building. Relentlessly.


At two in the goddamned morning!!!!!!!! Or better yet, when THEY are sound asleep...the baaaaaastids!!!!

[BlueStorm]

2. Yeah it's in Matthew...

I think it's Jesus telling his disciples that when they pray they do it in the privacy in their homes and not to be like the hypocrites on the corner that pray loudly. I am not sure of the exact wording or where the verse is, just that I know it's in Matthew or John. One of the Gospels.

I will tell you that if I was awoken at 2:30 in the morning by this bunch, there would be asses to kick.

Blue

[MADem]

7. You'd have help, guaranteed, too!!!! NT

[karlrschneider]

9. Matthew 6:5

5
"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6
But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
7
3 4 In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
8
Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

[Horse with no Name]

18. Oh please

You know this isn't true. I mean, this is ALMOST like saying that MEGACHURCHES aren't essential.:sarcasm:
Honestly, this is one of my favorite passages.
Heed this all of you Christianists.

[karlrschneider]

19. Fosterites. I rest my case.

:D

[tocqueville]

3. I bet they use what's best on the German market

[Strawman]

8. That's what it says in the Gospel according to Stryper.

[malaise]

4. Bubye n/t

[Redstone]

5. Kick their asses out. there's NO excuse for disturbing

the peace like that.

Redstone

[bling bling]

6. Talk about your unappreciate neighbors. Sheesh.

These brave Xtian vigilantes are fighting THE FRICKIN' DEVIL and all the neighbors can think about is their sleep. Talk about selfish.

But as a sidenote, what in the world kind of lifestyles do these people lead that they need to fend themselves off from the devil every night. Who do they think they are, anyway? Just asking.

[Solly Mack]

10. LMAO Perhaps if they got the Devil a hearing aid?

Maybe? They wouldn't hafta scream and sing so loud? I dunno.

Just buy one and leave it out with a note? LMAO

Maybe even one of those ear horns?
ROFLMAO

Maybe a neighbor could dress up as Satan, knock on the family's door and let them know he hears them even when they whisper? "The still small voice works on me too"

LMAO

Let's get ready to rumble!

Shout the Devil out!

[ComerPerro]

its called being an asshole.

[Salviati]

11. Matthew 6:5-6

5 ‘And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

[Karenina]

12. The X-tian fundie crazy virus

has been spotted here in Deutschland. A new symbol for Evangelicals was featured in my neighborhood rag. It was the fish with a shark's fin painted in orange on top. :wow::scared::wow:

[calico1]

13. This is the way the Pentecostals are.

They go to people's homes to have a prayer service and use loud speakers, tamborines and just scream at the top of their lungs. My parents in Puerto Rico had some neighbors that would have services in their home. They kept all the neighbors up. Finally a group got together and complained about them. It's amazing how inconsiderate they can be.

[Odin2005]

14. OMG, they're SPREADING!!!

:scared:

[Raksha]

15. Sounds like there's an unusually large devil population

in that apartment. I wonder why? :sarcasm:

[cboy4]

16. If I lived in that building, I would dress up like a sleepy satan,

bang on their door and tell them to SHUT THE F UP!!

What the hell is wrong with people?

Management needs to drag their asses out of that apartment building now.

[opihimoimoi]

17. STONING IS TOO GOOD FOR THEM...but its a start...

POPs first

[Kellanved]

20. To put it into perspective: "Pierre" claims to be Jesus reborn.

He's also convinced that Jesus was crucified in Berlin 2000 years ago and that he'll cause armageddon in 9 years. In Berlin.