Which belongs in our public schools: "study" and "science" or Prayer and God?

Answer 1

Spitballs and sloppy joes.

Answer 2

Study and Science belong in almost all public schools, but prayer and God belong in some of these public schools...

Answer 3

Public schools should be based on science,not religion. It isnt right to push one religion amongst a class of diverse faiths. There a private schools and church for this. OR perhaps they can have religous public schools or a religous class as an elective,like art and music. Not saying it shouldnt be avaiable but it shoulnt be all thats available.
I believe prayer SHOULD be allowed. Whatever the faith of the prayer,Hindu,christian,jewish,buddhist,it shouldnt be banned. When they have the moment of silence during the pledge maybe this can be the time the kids can pray,quietly.

Answer 4

Public schools: Study and Science

Catholic/Christian schools: Prayer and God

Answer 5

Is this a trick question? I don't think I'm being punked, so...

Study and science. If Yahweh is part of comparative religions course (and isn't promoted and/or favored over any other god concept) then I have no problem with that.

School sanctioned, organized prayer has no place in a secular, government owned and operated institution. Send your kid to a private school if you want their heads filled with mythology more than fact.

Answer 6

i believe study and science, only because there are so many different areas of religion, it would be difficult to suit the beliefs of every student. study and science - well, i believe all that is only learning about past events that have been actually discovered. evolution is kept out because it is such a sensitive topic, but right now im taking an anthropology course and its actually very interesting. if more people were more open-minded (im talking about both believers of religion and believers of science), then they would learn so much more and conversations would be a lot more interesting to take part in, because a) there would be no "im right, youre wrong" and b)there would be enough information for a conversation to actually be in-depth.

thats what i think

Answer 7

most definitely BOTH (although religion as opposed to specifically prayer...read on)


science is important to learn...but so is religion, but not just one religion, the main points of ALL of them. Religious education is an important subject to teach too...it isnt going to go away and learning about all the different religious beliefs reduces ignorance...just to note, I'm not saying that it should be taught as a way of forcing those beliefs but to compare them...

Even Dawkins agrees on the importance of its teaching


prayer however, should be kept at those schools and churches that are of a particular religious belief, not in any other type of school

Answer 8

Actually, I believe God belongs everywhere, but at the moment, the law states that we separate Church and State. It is a fundamental right of all citizens of the US to not be forced to follow the teachings of any particular religion in a publicly funded institution.

Either follow the law or change it.

Answer 9

Study and science. Prayer and god belong in the home and in the respective church, temple, mosque, etc....

Answer 10

In public schools; "study" and "science" In private institutions; Who Cares!

Answer 11

Life is a study but prayer and God must be drilled into the minds of children before they are given any opportunity to think for them selves, God hasn't the freedom of the sixties taught us anything?