2006-12-19 05:24:40 · 33 answers · asked by cozmik_terra 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, so we can save them after they harm others, but not before.
Interesting question.
2006-12-19 05:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes, and for good reason. School is a place to learn how to survive in the real world using practice knowledge. Kids can go home and study religion with their family and Church.
Prison is a place for reform where the prisoner is not able to exercise their beliefs in the outside world. While such reform is to survive in the real world, using practical knowledge prisoners should have the right to also practice their religion, and since they are not allowed out to practice it then they should be able to worship their God in prison. At the same time, religion should not be pushed on inmates.
2006-12-19 05:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't. I get the impression that individuals, both in prison and in public schools, are allowed to worship the god(s) of their choice, or not, as the case may be. It's an individual choice. The only thing that is not allowed is for government institutions as a whole to show preference to a certain religion.
What that means is that students and prisoners and wear crosses or other religious symbols, say prayers at lunch time (or any other time so long as it doesn't interfere with teaching), wear t-shirts with religious messages on them, or study their Bible in their spare time.
2006-12-19 05:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by magistra_linguae 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes, but a prison is not a school. The only thing a prison and a school have in common is that they are both public buildings.
People in prison aren't forced to listen to sermonizing and preaching and they are entitled to their choice of what to be preached on about.
In a public school, the kids are the mercy of what is is being taught. If Parents want to hold bible studies in the gym AFTER school lets out, I don't care.
Just don't ask my child to pray or pledge allegiance to the straw God of christianity.
That's my right as an American citizen to be free to practice the religion of my choice OR NONE AT ALL.
2006-12-19 05:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by vicarious_notion 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is allowed in prison as an individuals right to freedom of religion.
The prison guards are not coercing the inmates with religion as the Christians want the teachers in schools to do.
Don't you find it strange that a highly disproportionate percentage of the prison population are religious?
Is this because Atheists are more moral or is it that they are more educated and thus do not need to resort to criminal behavior?
2006-12-19 05:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I know, isn't that weird? I guess they think that "it can't hurt them at this point" or "they can't get any worse" or "anything's worth a try to get them to improve". The truth is that people don't usually turn to God until they've hit rock bottom. Nowhere to go but up! I think also that the prison system has seen marked behavioral improvement in inmates who become Christians while in prison.
2006-12-19 05:30:40 · answer #6 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God and prayer is allowed in schools. The only thing that is not allowed is teacher-led prayer. How would you feel if teachers led the class in a Muslim or Hindu prayer each morning?
2006-12-19 05:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by thackara 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Inmates cannot leave the prison to attend worship services. School children can go to worship services away from school.
2006-12-19 07:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Programs that are state run, like those prisions and schools should not sponsor any religion. They should teach without God. God shouldn't be allowed anywhere that is run by the state. Sorry, I know that people disagree with me, but that is what the constitution backs.
2006-12-19 05:38:37 · answer #9 · answered by Existence 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You miss the point.
God is ALLOWED in prisons. He is not FORCED in prisons.
At the young, impressionable schoolchild age, God is of course, allowed, but he is not forced. To do so would invite claims of brainwashing since children are not informed enough, nor do they have enough life experience to make their own decisions.
How's this for a compromise: I'll agree to "allow" God in schools as soon as preachers agree to "allow" me and a female partner to get an abortion if necessary.
2006-12-19 05:32:22 · answer #10 · answered by Takfam 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In some cases He is not even allowed in prison!
http://www.handlethetruth.net
2006-12-19 05:27:02 · answer #11 · answered by truth_handler 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋