Our school is a catholic one and they pray or say quotes from the bible every day. Will I be punished if I don't pray together or at least try to act like i'm doing so.
This is seeing that they do not allow anyone to wear anything related to religion other than their belief.
2006-12-21 17:04:48 · 10 answers · asked by fake 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I always believe a good religion should be able to accept all other religions. If a religion don't allow anyone to have other belief, then it's really not a good religion. You should change your school and have your own belief.
2006-12-21 17:24:13 · answer #1 · answered by Tan D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use icons as reminders of what Jesus has done for us. Images of Jesus and the saints have been used for decorational and devotional purposes since the beginning of Christianity. Today, only the most grossly uninformed person gives any credence to the old accusation that Catholics worship these statues or pictures. Several hundred years ago, the Council of Trent explained the practice perfectly: “The images of Christ, the Virgin Mother of God, and of the other saints are kept and honored in churches not because it is believed that there is any divinity or power in these images, or that anything may be asked of them, or any faith put in them. “The honor shown to them is really being given to the persons whom they represent. Through these images , we worship Christ, and not the saints whose likenesses they display.” Even many Catholics do not realize that, since such pictures and statues become intimately connected with what people believe about God and his revelation, the church is very careful about what images are allowed for public veneration. All such pictures or sculptures must be approved by the bishop or other proper authority. The reasons most Protestant denominations do not allow images in their churches are varied. One is that, early in the Protestant Reformation there was much misunderstanding about the meaning of honoring images of Jesus and the saints nd “no statues” became one of the symbols of protest against the church of Rome. For the first 1600 years of Christianity, most people couldn't read or write. Every stained glass window and statue in medieval Churches told a story. Illiterate people could look at the stained glass pictures on the windows of the Churches and understand the story. So not only were the statues and paintings beautiful and reverent, but they were also very functional. They told the Bible story and the Priest could point to them during his homilies. Statues and stained glass were, for them, teaching tools and reminders. If we walk around any classic sanctuary and we'll see the statues, each saint holding his symbol. A well trained Christian could learn the stories of all those saints, and pass them along to his children, even if he couldn't read. This also explains the classic format of the windows: a large central picture surrounded by a host of smaller vignettes. With proper explanation, one could learn the whole story of, say, John the Baptist, along with all important tie-ins to the life of Christ. These were not false images to be worshiped, but reminders of the story of Salvation. Catholic Christian †
2016-05-23 12:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to do what is in your heart. If you want to pray in your own way while they are praying, it doesn't mean you believe the same things they do. If you want to abstain altogether, that is your right. They may be able to make you go to mass but you cannot be forced to participate.
2006-12-21 17:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by Becca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a private school -- they can set whatever rules they like, and be as arbitrary in doing so as they like.
Only public schools are restricted in requiring you to pray.
2006-12-21 17:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by Joe B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you will be punished. Your relationship with God is between you and God. He knows what is in your heart, good and bad. Jesus said that praying should be done privately and not in public.
2006-12-21 17:08:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mat 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
I don't know what your school will do, but I don't think God will be angry.
2006-12-21 17:10:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I guess you can tell your parents to move you to a different private school or to public school, or you can ask your counselor if you can wear a different kind of clothing or if you realy don't want to wear or read the bible then move from other school
2006-12-21 17:10:56 · answer #7 · answered by Leandro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never said them in my catholic high school, but I at least stood up when everyone else did.
2006-12-21 17:07:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are going to the wrong school if you feel like that.
Tell your parents how you feel.
Don't pretend. You are not being fare to yourself.
2006-12-21 17:07:02 · answer #9 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 dozen lashes well laid on for talking foolish.
2006-12-21 17:08:22 · answer #10 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋