Why is there such a fear of allowing God/prayer to be in schools?

Question

Our country, (u.s.a.) laws, even wars that were fought dating way back to past presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson had a major acknowledgement and awe for God. Man can't erase what he did'nt create. The clay does not mold the potter. How can an atheist decide if God or anything pertaining to spirituality should or should'nt be when he or she is a non believer to start with. Jim Jones, cult leader of the People's Temple was a "Major" example. He was just one of many ultimate, dark human beings, who proved the actual truth that................God is!, God is needed, God is sought by many, God is welcomed, God is wanted and, more importantly, God will always be because it's a fact he's always been. Those who put in overtime opposing God whether they realize it or not, share a portion of that Jim Jones spirit because they fight so, so hard to eliminate God. Atheist don't realize that they prove God is, and needed the more they complain. God saved, me from G,Jonestown....God is!

Answer 1

Good idea! Let's insist that everyone pray to Vishnu.

Answer 2

Jim Jones was not an atheist and would have been deeply offended by your lumping him together with atheists. He was a believer through and through. (Kinda hard to figure out exactly what a corpse believes, though....)

Do you even understand the concept "freedom of religion"? If you make prayer -- presumably Christian prayer -- mandatory in schools, then you're forcing your religion on everybody, including the twenty percent or so who believe in some other religion or none at all. Nobody has the right to do that. Those who oppose mandatory prayer are not trying to "eliminate god", they're trying to protect their rights. So stop telling lies about them.

Answer 3

The issue of whether or not prayer should be allowed in schools has nothing to do with atheists or anyone else questioning the existence of God. It has to do with religious freedom and the separation of church and state in a little document called the Constitution. Public schools are government entities, and therefore should not have any kind of religious activity. You said it yourself ~ "God is sought by many" ~ not "God is sought by all". Respect the beliefs of others. It is their choice, and it is their GOD-GIVEN right to believe or not.

I used to be a teacher, and there were many students at our school who organized Bible studies and prayer groups and they were allowed to gather on campus. No one complained because it was an extra-curricular activity before or after school hours. The law states that prayer cannot be *mandatory* in schools. No one can stop a student from praying. But you also can't require a student to pray.

Answer 4

The founding framers of the United States used, as countless other leaders have used, a simple symbol to make it easier for humans to understand and follow them in rules of morality: the symbol of a higher power. The nation, however, just like its public education system, was founded not on erroneous religious beliefs, but on the ideas of the Enlightenment which symbolize not God's, but man's power of thought and creation. Religion is a complex and foggy thing which has the ability to fool human beings into doing anything. Because of its ambiguous nature, conflicting religious belief has been the greatest cause of war and conflict in the history of humans. It has wreaked destruction because like an opiate, it can be wielded as a tool to control people by manipulating the strongest thing that exists in them: hope. The greatest influence and vulnerability occurs in people when they are children in schools. If we were to force one isolated view of God or any religion into the compulsory education system we have created, we would be contradicting all other freedoms offered by our constitution - freedom of religion, of speech, of thought - and we would no longer be a free nation. It is our duty as humans and voting Americans to give every child over whom we have control the choice and freedom to think, regardless of our personal beliefs. We can only teach what we know to be true; we must not preach that which might be. To attempt to control thought through religion, especially that of children, would be fatally and criminally irresponsible.

Answer 5

Which God Sarah Good? I'm a Buddhist, so are you talking about Dainichi Nyorai, Monjishri, Aizen Myo, Fudo Myo, Gondari Myo, Shaku Nyorai, Jizo, Kannon Bosatsu etc. Or do you mean one the the three billion Hindii devas. Or maybe we should all take turns so that we can worship a different God every day. Are you starting to see the problem!

Answer 6

We can have a buddhist prayer one day, a muslim prayer the next day, a wiccan prayer the next day, a christian prayer the next day. People who want prayer in school usually mean one kind of prayer, their religion, usually christian. Or maybe even more specific like lutheran. If you let one religion have a prayer you should let all the others, too. It is not just atheists that are against prayer in school. Most minority religions don't their kids submitted to a prayer that does not reflect their beliefs.

Answer 7

Its not just atheists who don't want god/prayer in schools.

Its an incredibly stupid idea... Government should stay out of the endorsement of religion! That's why the world is so screwed up... religious people run amok.

Answer 8

people nowadays are anal retentive crybabies who are looking for a reason to complain or take someone to court, I'm agnostic and I couldn't care less when I said the pledge of allegiance that is said "one nationi under God".

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/09/14/loc_pledge_protester.html

in this article this little jerk Vincent Capizzi refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance, what a douche. personally I think it's disrespectful for you to sit down during the pledge as people gave their lives pledging their allegiance to the US.

"Mr. Capizzi said he was making a political statement when he refused to stand.

“Right now, I don't agree with politics,” he said Tuesday. “Maybe when we get a new president who can show being an American is something to be proud of, I'd gladly stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.”

You don't have to like the presidence, you're pledging allegiance to your country you turd. If you don't believe in God than don't say "one nation, under God" just say "one nation". it's not that difficult people this is not rocket science, get a life!!

Answer 9

It's because in America we have the freedom to choose to learn in our schools and not be forced anyone Else's views on life. Religion is a choice so for those who choose to believe differently from you don't have to be subjugated to your ideals. Religion is a private matter between you and your god leave schools to teach science math and languages and let churches teach religion.

Answer 10

Look at the US constitution. 5 comandments of the first 10 are in contradiction with US constitution.
TOlerance ( that's what most Christians preaching today) would not work if you give one religion more credits over another.

Thereofre GOD create constitution.

Answer 11

Tell you what, the minute, no, the SECOND that scientists are allowed to climb into the pulpit and teach biology, chemistry, evolution or physics, that's when we'll allow prayer in school. Deal?

The fact is, prayer has NO place in school, just as ideas and thinking has no place in church!