A question for Christians regarding the Hindu Prayer in the Senate?

Question

I would like the perspective of the Christians for this question, please, since I would like to find out how other Christians would have handled this situation if they were faced with this issue.

If you were in the senate chambers when the Hindu prayer was read, what would you have done?

Answer 1

Absolutely nothing. I would have had enough respect to allow it. We have freedom of religion...whether it's Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Wicca, or whatever.

Answer 2

I would have been respectful as i would expect a Hindu or anyone else to be respectful if a prayer from my Faith was said. Those Christians who protested do not represent me.
If a Non Christian disrupted Christian prayer in the Senate,imagine the uproar among those who would stop a Hindu from doing the same thing.

IMHO, I think generic,non sectarian "God prayers" are most appropriate for civil ceremonies,even though all my prayers are through Jesus Christ,our Lord and are Trinitarian.

Answer 3

I would have protested much the same way that some other Christians did, by shouting, and denouncing that hinduism is a lie of the devil. The mere fact that this country is strong is due to Christian beliefs which inspired the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I believe that all those who agreed that a hindu prayer be used should move to India and join a monastery. How dare anyone insult the Christian majority in these proud U. S. of A.
Mr. M on "hindu prayer."
Notice that I refused to capitalize "hindu" and "hinduism."

Answer 4

I heard part of it and it sounded quite respectful of other religions and as such deserved the same respect. It did not name any gods (such as Brahma, Shiva, or Vishnu) just as a Christian might say God rather than Jesus.

Those who protested obviously don't understand the concept of religious freedom.

This was the opening:

We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky and inside the soul of the heaven. May He stimulate and illuminate our minds

If I had been there I would have done nothing as was expected or possibly added an Amen if it had not offended me.

Answer 5

None of them might desire to be praying in the senate, yet there is no specific reason the Christian's faith and prayers might outweigh the Hindu ones. it is, quite, basically trouble-free stupid.

Answer 6

Holly Holly and James O gave great answers.

I believe that any prayer that acknowleges ONE GOD is kosher. As a Christian, I am sometimes uneasy with the Trinity and with prayers to Jesus, as Jesus himself in the three synoptic Gospels constantly and consistently deflected worship away from himself and to God. If a Hindu starts mentioning Shiva Shakti or Krishna, in a Senate prayer, then I get riled. But anyone---Muslim, Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, who starts with the idea that there is One God, deserving of our worship, before whom we should be humble and obedient, is off to a pretty good start. Do I hear an Amen/

you asked the question well---a star is in order...why did you change your name?

Answer 7

I would agree with the Hindu by thanking YHWH in my heart.

Why cause a stir? What purpose would that serve?

Answer 8

AS a Christian I would of been out raged.,
and I still am...its people like those Christians that give the rest of us a bad name..

Answer 9

Walked out or prayed on my own until the Hindu guy was done praying.

Answer 10

WAIT! I thought there wasnt ANY prayer in public.... like schools and government. Ohhhhhh I see....no Christians can pray!