I don’t understand something. Why is it that Christians are so determined to have prayer in school? They all say things like sex education is better if parents teach their children at home. Isn’t prayer a personal thing that is best taught by parents and clergy?
2006-08-04 01:18:19 · 20 answers · asked by arvis3 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Christian, I have taught my child how to pray and about sex education. This is not a great problem to me. I am a very open minded person that discusses all kinds of issues. If they learn from me they learn from my point of view. The only problem is not all people have this open mindedness with their children and prefer not to broach the subjects. Also I can see no reason why morals are such a bad thing to be taught in the school system. Along with morals comes respect for others and their teachers. This is one of the things that is lacking in today's society. Moral ethics and respect seem to have passed away with the past. It needs to be taught at some level, since many children are taught by their peers about sex education and prayer is a taboo subject even with parents. Which is better a society with moral ethics or a society with me at it's center? With a me first society people are very cruel to one another because no one else counts.
2006-08-04 01:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a father of 4 which are all saved. It sure didn't happen in the school system though. We attend church regularly. I will soon be 52 years old and can remember when we had prayer in school. There weren't any complaints about it either. This was public school in Louisiana. I now live in North Carolina and work as a correctional officer. We have inmates of different faiths as well as inmates with no faith at all. There are different praise and worship services offered at the prison. This is also a state run facility like the schools are. We haven't had any arguments about whose religeon is the best. If it can work in the prisons it can work in the schools. The United States has went downhill since prayer was taken out of school. I don't think anyone in their right mind can argue that fact. Parents need to insure that their children grow up with good moral values and we all need to work together and clean up America. Lets stop drug abuse among our teenagers. Be a good example for them. May God richly bless you all.
2006-08-04 02:10:12 · answer #2 · answered by Calill C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All too many Christians want to shove their beliefs down everyone's throats. That is inherent in this religion that Gore Vidal said is a particularly ugly one. He is right. If there is prayer at school, the Christian kids often harrass anyone who refuses to pray. If I had kids, I wouldn't tolerate such evil. The First Amendment forbids a state rerligion. That implies that no religion should be favored anywhere. People are free to pray in their churches or homes, but that has no place in schools. Public schools are for kids of all religions or none. The Christian zealots forget Jesus' Golden Rule (expressed by Confucius 500 years before Jesus). Do they really want Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists, Wiccans, Shintoists, Taoists, etc. doing their thing in schools? Many cannot reason about this or reply coherently. Please, do not quote Bible verses, because many people who answer this question know the Bible has been disproven by Science.
2006-08-04 01:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are trying to force their religion on others using the rule of law.
the problem is, even if they succeed, they would lose.
if you got christianity into the public school systems, CHRISTIANS be the first to regret it.
Mormoms would freak when a Catholic teaches their religion.
Lutherans would freak when a Baptist teaches their religion.
Witnesses would freak when a Methodist teaches their religion.
Imagine the first time that during school prayer a baptist teacher declares all catholics to be followers of the false prophet!
Anyway, there IS constitutionally protected prayer in schools, although the religious right lies about it.
Any child can take their personal time to pray in a school if they want to.
What is illegal is to force students to pray (or have to sit through others' prayers) by having organized "prayer time" in classrooms.
I guess my whole point here is that christians don't seem to have the first clue about this issue. None of the above seems to have sunk in with them.
It's sad.
2006-08-04 01:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't fool yourself, there is prayer in all schools, children and teachers all over the world, no matter what religion are praying in school... each and every day...
Yes, it's personal.. but as usual these self-appointed know-it-alls like to meddle in people's private affairs and tell them what is right and wrong, and try to teach our kids that praying in school is wrong because Betty or bobby doesn't believe in God or in something else.... I say everyone who wants to needs to keep on praying their prayer....
BTW, schools in America were initially started by churches, that is why they prayed, it was only in the not to distant past that the issue came up to stop directed prayer because of all the different cultures and beliefs
i don't know 1 christian who thinks anyone should be "forced" to pray, i mean come on what kind of prayer would that be if it was only by someone making you...lol....
2006-08-04 06:50:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they could figure out a way to "win" kids "for Christ" through sex education, they might want that in school too. Prayer in school is really all about prosletyzing.
Ask how many PiS supporters would be in favor of "Hindu Prayer Day", "Islam Prayer Day", "Wiccan Prayer Day" and "Buddhist Prayer Day" along with their own Judaic-Christian prayer day every week.
2006-08-04 01:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everybody has the same beliefs. It should be optional and not obligatory.
As for sex education in school, parents often fail to teach their children thoroughly about this, so the school must do something to prepare the youth for the TRUTH, and to be responsible about sexual issues.
How many unwanted pregnancies have happened because people were not fully aware of the consequences of their actions? Or sexually transmitted diseases?
Get with the program, people. Education matters !!
2006-08-04 01:32:41 · answer #7 · answered by LaRue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with sex education in school, but only as reinforcement to what they learn at home (if the parents are teaching them that is). Nothing wrong with prayer in school either. We had it when I was growing up and there wasn't a huge fuss about it like there is today. Now they call it "a moment of silence" which is fine also, but don't tell me I can't pray to my God. If you pray to Allah, them do so. If you pray to no one, then do just that.
2006-08-04 01:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by Jim Darwin's Adversary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? Prayer is just one tool that we can use to become better human beings but I guess you would rather have all the violence in schools than prayer.
Prayer never hurt no one. How about trying to keep guns and drugs out of schools.... things that really hurt the children.... instead of trying to keep prayers out of school. People like you have their priority mixed up......
Why don't you have some balls and ask what people would like to have in school that hurts the children and see if prayer is one of them that is listed as being dangerous.
2006-08-04 01:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by KeAhi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe so, but prayer in schools is also a good thing. It takes less time than the national anthem and worshipping the flag if you do that.
Look at what has happened since it can't be done - Columbine is just one of them.
2006-08-04 04:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋