I think that schools wanting to take out anything to do with God is wrong. This country was founded on people who believed in God. I think that if you dissagree then you don't have to participate. But those who do, should be able to say God in school and to pray. I used to pray in elementary school and now you can't hardly say the word God. How do you feel about this?
2006-11-18 16:25:30 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I feel the same as you. I think that when we said a prayer before class, it made you think of God more. Maybe they took it out of homes too. Because I feel that if the kids today had some faith and knew more about God, Just maybe there wouldn't be as many nasty people in the world. And we would get along with each other.
2006-11-18 16:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by lennie 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
If you are a believer. That means that Jesus is always with you. You can pray anytime you want to. So it is impossible to get God out of the schools. Do you really want the school to lead that or should it be the reflection of God in you? This is such an unnecessary distraction.
2006-11-19 00:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by River 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This was starting to take effect when I was in high school. A group of us studied the Bible and met on campus and prayed, but we were not allowed in a room. We did all of our devotions outside and standing up because we did not want to sit on the sidewalk. We were allowed to do this because it did not involve any teachers and we were not inside a classroom. They could not stop us in places where we were allowed to congregate. But I do believe that schools should not be taking God out of the classroom.
2006-11-19 01:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that schools should take out Christ/God from schools at all. I know there are alot of other religons out there. I believe we should keep Christ/God in schools, after all our forefathers believed in God, Remember In God We Trust. If anyone does not want to participate then they should have a study hall that they can go to. I believe that the children should be allowed to pray and believe in God any where they want to.
2006-11-19 00:33:19 · answer #4 · answered by Andie F 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
How do I feel about schools taking out Christ/God? I don't think Christ needs any further education.
2006-11-19 00:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by Long Gone 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They should let people pray and stuff, but making the whole class do projects like Christmas trees or, even more, nativity-related things, is not right. If Christians are allowed to do their relgious activities, then so should other religions, and nobody should force anyone to do them. You don't see whole classes doing stuff that praises Allah or anything, do you?
2006-11-19 00:36:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I think presence or absence of God in school should not be federal law. Given that there are many regions in this country of homogeneous faith, it should be decided by the State. Making either ideology a federal law is discriminatory. My personal belief is that knowledge and education should be completely separate from religious practices. Despite what some people believe, seperating federal government from religious practice is EXACTLY what this country was founded on.
2006-11-19 00:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by jackshysterical 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I have to tell you when I was in public school and the school put on a public student choir singing Christmas songs including silent night I felt uncomfortable.
I have no problem with a prayer group using school grounds before classes and even a voluntary one during school hours, but to have a public display of a particular religion is inappropriate in a school with many religious beliefs.
2006-11-19 00:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
An individual child should be allowed to pray to him or herself as often as he or she wants so. Prayer should not be made public or part of any school ceremony, however. If people want prayer in schools then they should send their children to parochial schools, and that's that.
2006-11-19 00:30:19 · answer #9 · answered by τεκνον θεου 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the public school that I went to, they had a moment of silence every morning. If you chose to say a silent prayer, that was up to you.
The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights afford everyone protection from state mandated religion. Seeing as how public schools are funded with tax dollars, god has no business being in them (outside of a historical study). This includes the pledge of allegiance, abstinence only education, and science classes. If you want your kids to pray in school, there's a simple solution...send them to a private school. Some of us actually want our kids to learn facts.
2006-11-19 00:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋