Scott had an interesting post yesterday and it got me thinking about prayer in schools. It hasn't been in the news lately, but I just got off on a rant and thought I'd write a bit.
Prayer in schools: Ban? No. That's disrespectful. You shouldn't be punished for practicing your religion. If that's the case, no prayer anywhere is the answer. Mandate prayer? No. No one would do that in a public institution in this country. Allow prayer? I say yes, but don't limit the allowance to Christians. If I want to pray to my left pinkie finger, I should be allowed to so long as it doesn't interfere with my lessons at school.
I thought I had more to say, but I lost it. "O left pinkie finger, grant me the words...."
1 comment:
I still believe that if you want open prayer in schools, go to a private one. I don't care about religion in schools. I think it is good to let people who pray, pray. I just think that prayer in the classroom in public schools is wrong.
I don't care what people pray for or who to, I just think that kids who didn't pray or had different beliefs would be open to mocking by other kids. I know that good Christian children wouldn't mock, but let's face it, we don't raise good Christian children.
We teach that religion is a way to differentiate and not a means to unify. We even differentiate between differents sects of religions. Why? Because going to church and having religion is for show.
You don't need faith to be a good person. And just having faith doesn't make you moral or just. There are actions beyond just going somewhere or saying you believe something that matter. I can say that I love God above all pretty easily, but how often will I choose a new downlaod from iTunes over helping one of God's less fortunate children?
I suppose that is my biggest problem with religion and the people who push it. It is all hypocricy. being good and doing good have less to do with God than with who we are and how we were raised. I do believe that faith is important, just that it is different to different people. My problem is not prayer in schools, it is the people pushing it and the way it is being pushed.
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