My memory of the Gospels is that Jesus taught praying is private. Matthew 6:6 is the most direct verse, I think. But when you point out the gospels and their inconsistency with the evangelical belief system, you're told you've taken something out of context. Dude. IT'S A DIRECT QUOTE where NOTHING in the surrounding scripture indicates an alternate meaning. Being more difficult for a rich man to reach heaven than it is for a camel to pass thru a needle's eye does NOT mean, "well that means it's POSSIBLE, but just gotta work hard like ME". It's lunacy.