One or two hours at your church after the children leave school for the day. That would be quite sensible. It would prove to the world that you aren't using your chidren as tools to proselytize. There is nothing in your Bible that states children must pray and witness throughout the school day.
If you want the truth.....Ask a Pagan
2007-04-07 07:59:28 · 11 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Protestant Christians have a lot of resources for educating their kids. Of course there is Sunday school which kids are expected to attend in addition to church services and there are youth groups that meet on Sunday evenings. There are Bible camps. When I was young there were Young Life and Youth for Christ clubs. Nowadays there are even more of those with names that include words like Xtreme and Xplo and Acqure the Fire. The fact is the people who proselytize don't want to prove to the world that such is not their intention because it is their intention. I was raised in a fundamentalist evangelical church and learned from infancy that Jesus had commanded us to go into all the world preaching the gospel and making disciples. If you loved Jesus and you were grateful that he had saved you from the flames of hell the very least you could do was to tell everyone you knew so they too could be saved. Whether you call it witnessing, or sharing the gospel or reaching souls for Christ, or reaching out to the lost or winning converts, it is not optional. It is an essential component of the faith and people who believe this way would consider themselves woefully inadequate if they let a little bit of criticism prevent them from fulfilling The Great Commission. Blessed are you who are persecuted for my sake, they would tell us and we could hardly wait for someone to persecute us. I'm a recovering fundamentalist now and frankly I think teaching kids the things I was taught is a form of child abuse but don't for a minute underestimate the need and desire of certain brands of Christians to proselytize.
2007-04-07 08:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by Lleh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forced prayer, of any kind, is demented and cruel. First of all, a child doesn't even understand what the hell prayer is. If a child wants to pray and keep it to themselves 'fine,' however most of them are only doing it to shut the parents up so they'll leave them alone. "I know, I was a kid once." :) 'Don't forget to pray today Johnny,' yeah right mom...... Speaking from experience. Isn't it much better to allow a child to pray if they really want to instead of making them? Whoops I forgot, religion always uses force.... I grew up in religious surroundings such as these and I literally despised being forced to do something I didn't understand or believe in. Which is only one of the reasons I despise religion to this day. "Amen?" :)
2016-05-19 04:33:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that eliminating government schools altogether would eliminate all of the religion issues.
I still don't understand why people who don't pray at restaurants feel compelled to have a prayer before they begin a town council meeting. It's almost as though these council members are trying to provoke non-Christians while quibbling over semantics like "well the prayer isn't on the agenda so it's not a government sanctioned activity".
You never see these same people praying at any other public event other than in church. All they want to do is make a point and stick their religion in your face. And they cry that THEY are oppressed if anyone even SUGGESTS they should keep their religion out of the government arena.
2007-04-07 08:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Chinese and Japanese kids to go school after school to learn their parents' culture, and there are many other groups that do the same. But why are you singling out protestant christian children? Most schools prohibit ANY proselytizing and the public school content is supposed to be religion-free.
2007-04-07 08:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would Protestant Christians need to prove anything to the world? Also, what the Jewish children learn is part of their religious culture...never mind..thanks for the 2 points.
2007-04-07 08:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by 1sweet lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my community the children in public school get release time, where they can leave school to go for religious instruction. It is totally voluntary as so does not have any First Amendment problems. It is a great program for all who chose to participate. The atheist children stay behind and have a study hall.
2007-04-07 08:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Wisdom 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1: It's too reasonable!
2: They would have to spend their own money!
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2007-04-07 08:07:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't that what sunday school, and vacation bible school are for?
2007-04-07 08:02:52 · answer #8 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They ARE trying to use their kids to proselytize...
2007-04-07 08:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by XX 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nice idea, hope they like it
2007-04-07 08:03:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋