Why did they remove the Lords prayer from schools?

Answer 1

Because of a supreme court decision that created a so called separation of church and state. Before this decision many schools in the early to mid 1900's actually used scripture to teach reading.

You will find nowhere in the writings of our founding fathers the concept of a separation of church and state. In fact the writings of our founding fathers indicate they saw an important and necessary interweaving of a belief in God and the decisions and actions of state. The best I can describe the vision of our founding fathers was a one way wall. This wall prevented state from interfering in church. But did not in any way seek to prevent a belief in God from influencing state.

The founding fathers understood the dangers of state interfering in church. That's one of the primary reasons the colonist left England -- to escape state mandated authority over religious practice which came from the Church of England. Their writings, though, were very supportive of faith in God influencing the state.

And no matter what you hear to the contrary the founding fathers where CHRISTIAN in their religious beliefs.

Answer 2

They removed the Lord's prayer from schools because there's a little something in the Constitution called the separation of church and state.

The part of the first amendment states the "freedom of religion". If the Lord's prayer were allowed to be used in school, it would be discriminating the prayers of other religions. And forcing the Lord's prayer on those who do not believe in Christianity would be a violation of the 1st amendment.

Answer 3

I'm a Christian and I agree with removing forced prayer from public schools. What would happen if a Muslim government ruled our nation and our children were forced to pray to Allah 5 times a day? I would protest just as others protest against Christianity.
I don't think that children should be discriminated against for blessing their food or conducting voluntary prayer meetings at lunchtime or something. That is going too far. I think they should be allowed to carry a bible if they want to as well. It doesn't harm anyone if they see a book or even if they see someone reading that book.
The liberals have gone to an unhealthy and illogical extreme in attacking Christianity, but some things make sense.

Answer 4

Because it's an infraction on the non-establishment clause in the constitution. A government agency is not allowed to inhibit, nor support any specific religion. Since public schools are run by the government they fall under this jurisdiction. If there is to be any forced prayer in schools it's only fair to cover every religion, and after that, what time will you have to teach the kids what they really need to know? Prayer is not educational, it's a waste of time and has no business in the schools.

Answer 5

It's in the constitution to seperate state and church. I personally don't have a problem with it, but the many years that schools had the lords prayer and the pledge of aligence, they were breaking americans constitutional rights.

Answer 6

Because America is a free country, thus by keeping the prayers the schools would be discriminating the people who have other beliefs. Imagine if you were in another country and the school made your kids pray for another religion.

Answer 7

They removed prayer from schools for the same reason that they teach evolution in schools. Satan is the God of this world and most orgainizations outside of the Christian Church chooses to follow his ways. They don't want God in their schools.

Answer 8

because when the other kids were saying
"our father"
i was saying
"Cerunuuos"

and the satanist beside me was saying
"dark lord of hell"

and the Wiccan infront was saying

"earth Goddess mother of all"

and the agnostic to the right was saying

"our father,,well i guess he is father is he really he......etc."

and the Athiest was saying.

"invisible sky fairy that i do not believe in"

and the Hare Krishna was chanting

"hare krishna" sevral hundred times.

and the Buddahist,,,'

well the buddahist just minded his own business and sat there quietly.

and the christians were outraged that all of these people would dare to change the prayer that they were trying to force on them.

so it became easier to just not have any sanctioned prayers.

Answer 9

because of the fact prayer in public colleges, while led with the aid of any worker of such colleges, substitute right into a sparkling violation of the constitutional theory of separation of church and state. It wasn't one atheist who prevailed if so - it substitute into the regulation of the land which did so. Ms. O'Hare purely talked approximately the violation.

Answer 10

Because the name, itself, is sectarian. How could a Jewish kid participate when it's called the Lord's prayer?