against prayer in school?

Question

pro and cons on against prayer in school

Answer 1

Government education facility , not for it at all I pay taxes Teach your kids Prayer at home

Answer 2

Pro: Anyone has a right to pray if they wish. Anyone has a right to bring a Bible and read it if they wish.

Con: Nobody has a right to make anyone else pray if they don't wish to. (Especially if that prayer is directed towards just one groups beliefs. The pro-mandatory prayer people wouldn't be so vocal about allowing it if it was everyone being forced to bow and pray to Mecca 5 times a day. They only advocate it if it means THEIR religion.)
Nobody has a right to include their religious beliefs into the schools lessons.
Nobody has the right to grade students based on their religious beliefs, and if prayer and religion become a mandatory part of the school curriculum, then that's exactly what will happen. (Creationism in the science class, etc.)

Answer 3

If prayer is allowed/teacher-led, then every other religion out there has to be allowed that same amount of time in the classroom in order to be 'tolerant'. I think it's better if the child is nurtured and brought up in the admonition of the Lord AT HOME (where it belongs) but he should NEVER be denied the right to pray at school. And neither should Muslims, Catholics, Jews, etc. Isn't that what freedom of religion is all about? I'm a Christian and firmly believe in the need for prayer, but you can't allow one religion and not all the rest.

Answer 4

People try to look for simple ways of solving complicated problems but sometimes just create more problems.

Some people think that school prayer will make children better or nicer or more Godly.

Most people think school prayer will infringe on the students' freedom of religion. What kind of prayer is prayed when you have Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, Agnostics, and Atheists in the same classroom?

It is unreasonable to compromise everyone's values to come up with some bland prayer that will be acceptable to everyone.

The Catholic Church agrees with the U.S. Constitution as currently interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court and does not support "structured" prayer in public schools.

In the Vatican II document, Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae (Human Dignity), the Church states:

The human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.

Children will continue to privately pray before tests just like they always have.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

I think children should be allowed to pray at school. I don't feel that the school should be teaching them about prayer, that is our job as parents, and the Church's job. I pray whenever and wherever I wish, and so do my children. I live in a small town in TX and we still have prayer before our football games, and every year we have "see you at the pole" which is student led prayer at the school's flagpole.

Answer 6

Fact - you can pray in school. You just can't interrupt school to do it or force people to pray to your god.

So I assume you mean pros and cons about introducing regular prayers in schools.

Con - not everyone believes in your god.
Con - it's against the constitution.
Con - people resent being forced to pray to gods they don't believe in and will be less inclined to consider your religion in the future.

Pros - you get to make people pray the way YOU want them to. Oh wait, everyone else will see that as a Con. So no Pros then.

Answer 7

One thing I truly want others to understand...there is no law prohibiting prayers in school. The law pertains only to prayer organized by the school and the implication that it is mandatory. Anyone can say a prayer to themselves in school and groups of students may even pray together. The "prayer" ban refers to saying "The Lord's Prayer" as a routine part of the beginning of classes for the day.

As a Christian, I support this. I would not want people who do not believe in God or have other beliefs to feel compelled to pray simply to "fit in". Nor would I want my child to have to pray to according to someone else's beliefs.

I like that my children and grandchildren have the right to pray silently when they wish.

Penny for Your Thoughts

Answer 8

The concept of praying, alone, is a concept.

It becomes another social thing that no all accept and generates kids who decide to shoot up schools because they were outcasts.

Not a good idea.

There is before school

There is after school

There is lunch time

There is recess

Although the Ayotollah in Iran has a nice prayer, would you like him to give it to our schools or do you have a problem with HIS prayer!

Answer 9

It's fine as long as the teacher is not leading it. One of the main reasons people don't want it in schools is so that they don't isolate people who either pray to God for a different religion (I say this because Christians and Muslims pray to the same God), or that would rather abstain from praying at all. I'm all about personal choice, but when it becomes part of a public school that everyone should be allowed to go to, then that's different.

Answer 10

Do you see prayer being forced in other public establishments from restaurants to supermarkets to government buildings? Why should we force this in education? Oh yea, the religious want to keep the young under the influence of religious indoctrination.

I just think religion is limiting to the healthy development of the human being as is praying to a mythical God.

Answer 11

Against.