Talk:Grace (prayer)

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The "mealtime prayers" external link is great! Thanks. ~citizenDAK

[edit] Christian POV

This article purports to be about Grace per se, yet deals only with Christianity. The article is also quite messy and unencyclopedic. --Dweller 14:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Further to the recent edit, Grace (referring to the prayer) is an English, not a Christian word. The concept exists in many religions, some of which substantially predate Christianity. --Dweller 09:18, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

And how about: "For what we are about to receive, may the lord make us truly grateful. Amen."? -MrBob

The English word "grace" has the same etymology (ultimately from Latin) as the word "grateful" i.e. it is simply a prayer of thanksgiving before or after a meal. The practice of saying a prayer of thanks or blessing is not a specifically Christian one (Judaism being an obvious example). Christians tend to use the word "grace" to describe this type of prayer. Readywriter 23:11, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

LIST I came to this article looking for a list of different Grace Prayers that could be said at mealtime. I found no such list nor any link referring me to such a list. I care not at all what the POV of this article is nor do I care which gods are invoked by such a Grace (Prayers). What I would like to see is a complete list of different Graces for private, public, formal, informal, and other dining listed by the type of dining, so that I commit no social faux pas. If the topic here were Toasts, would we be concerned about theology? I hope you take my point. Rujmal

[edit] Purple Prose

Some people who have been given God's grace have stated that the knowledge imparted to them says that God has made everything here on this Earth, and there is a part of God in all things (including all living plants and animals). He has also given dominion of everything worldly to Man to act as the Good Shepherd. For his existence and sustenance Man requires the killing and eating of these living plants and/or animals (which God has made for Man and given him dominion over), and as such Man must give thanks to God for the sacrifice of these living things so that Man can exist and survive. According to some Man must give thanks to God for the sacrifices of other living things so that Man can exist, and this thanks is the "saying of Grace" prior to and/or after eating of any meal.

What the ...? This kind of flourishing writing looks like something taken straight out of a catechism textbook. Anyone got a problem with me removing it, or at least replacing it with a more concise, less presumptuous write?--SohanDsouza (talk) 11:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you - utter bilge, and we are well rid of it. Springnuts (talk) 21:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)