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\n\t\t\tJeopardy <\/em>fans were furious after the contestants on an episode failed to answer a “simple” question about the Lord's Prayer during the game. Players Joe, Laura, and Suresh were unable to give the correct answer to former host Mayim Bialik's question about filling in the blank: “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven, ____ be thy name,’" Bialik said. The group made an error of biblical proportions by not even attempting to guess the correct answer as the stage remained silent until Bialik gave the answer.<\/p>\n\n

But the saddest thing happened over the next day or two on X. Jeopardy<\/em> fans and lots of former or current church-going people started piling on with anger and shock at the contestants' inability to answer the question. Here are some of the posts:<\/p>\n\n

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“That’s ‘hallowed,’ you heathens!”<\/p>\n

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“Hey, Jeopardy geniuses … It's HALLOWED. Sheesh, what a sad world we live in.”<\/p>\n

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“OOF. Watching @Jeopardy tonight, and none of the contestants knew the words 'hallowed be thy name' in the Lord's Prayer,” one user lamented.<\/p>\n

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“You gotta be kidding me no one knew ‘hallowed.’”<\/p>\n

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“Screaming Hallowed! They didn't know the ‘Our Father.’ #Jeopardy,” wrote another.<\/p>\n

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Possible Preaching Angles:<\/h2>\n\n

1) Condemnation; Mocking – <\/em><\/strong>Rather than mock and condemn, it would have been much more fruitful to gently instruct those who don’t know the content, context, or relevance of the Lord’s Prayer. 2) Bible; Morality; Knowledge –<\/strong> Is it any wonder that the world is in the moral state that it is? 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