Does our schools need God?

Question

strange, but I just watched a study. The states that have passed laws to remove God from schools. Strange, these same schools were the ones were multiple killing took place.
(within a 5 year period)
what's your opinion? please, all rudeness will be reported.

I think our schools DO, however you may be able to shed more light on this subject.

all who lectured me in grammer or spelling was reported.
why do you care what my grammer is like?

Answer 1

When God was still allowed in schools, there were no drive-by shootings, kids taking guns to school, etc.. It was a long time ago, but I clearly remember going to school without fear, it was nice.

Back in those days, all they had was one little prayer at the beginning of the day on the loud speaker by the principal, "Dear God, something", very quick and that was that. As little as it was, it did seem to make the kids think about God knowing if they did something wrong, so they were less troublesome and didn't try to kill each other. Actually, I don't think school is the place for any gion, but even so, I've seem the school system go bonkers since, so maybe there was something there that the kids today are missing.

We never had any religious classes or anything, that one prayer and the pledge of allegiance were just how we started the day, and that was it, but it seems to have worked.

Answer 2

I think the people who nitpick on your grammar or spelling just do so because they don't have any stronger argument.
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Yoda Green wrote "God has no place in school just as thinking and ideas have no place in church. And your statistics are skewed. The worst school massacres occurred in the Bible Belt."

Yoda, FYI the worst school shooting in history happened in Colorado (Colombine, 1999) until this year's tragedy at Virginia Tech. (I thought of that idea in spite of believing in God and going to church. Maybe your thinking needs God.
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laura_dove1 wrote "Schools don't need god. People need to raise their children with better manners and personal responsibility. Society needs to look down upon unlawfulness, ignorance, crime, and other negativities, rather than celebrating it in our mainstream culture. And schools need more money to better educate our children from the earliest years.

The time Malak is refering to can't be singled out because it was when school prayer was happening. All of society it COMPLETELY different than it was back then. To say that it's just because 'god has been taken out of schools' is too simplistic."

laura, I can see how well that's worked for the past 3 decades. In the last 30 years (the source I found – attached – goes back the farthest) show how school shoots have only increased:

1980s: 4
1990s: 21
2000s: 37 (this year's Virginia Tech massacre wasn't included in that count)

Look, I don't know if we'll ever be able to have God in school, but no one can deny the fact that since He's been taken out, it sure hasn't helped the schools or the children.

Right, it's not that simple. God has been taken out everywhere, because (heaven-forbid, can I say that?) it's not PC anymore to see God in the general public. You know what I've learned on Y!A? That the law of "separation of church and state" was to keep the government from interfering with people's beliefs and religion, not to keep God out of public schools or buildings. Sorry this was so long, I just see the whole country going downhill the more we remove God from our lives. I will now get off my soapbox and close. :)

Answer 3

As tempted as I am to say "yes", I must refrain from doing so.
While I am a native of the Bible Belt, I could rest assured that if we brought God back to school, He would indeed be the Christian God. But if I were within a large city in another region of the US, I could not be assured that my children were being taught about the Christian God. It could be something drastically outside of my faith and beliefs. Sadly, it seems like America's diversity will bring about her downfall.

I do think we need God in our lives and in our homes and it is our duty to teach our children to serve God. I am all for Christian studies and activities for those who choose to participate. But I do not want to risk that my child is being taught to pray and worship someone other than the One that we worship.

We would do well to restore order, respect for authority, and discipline in the schools. It seems common sense is lacking in those who are in authority. EX: I was living in a small Texas town when a kindergarten boy was suspended for carrying a small pocket knife, it was used to open the carton of juice that his mom packed with his lunch. This was the only time the knife was ever in sight! Yet a teen can curse his teacher and hide behind freedom of speech.

Answer 4

I am not sure if "schools" need God, but children certainly do everywhere they are! IF God and the Bible are NOT welcome in school, we all see what happens. God's word is 'ALIVE', SPIRIT and TRUTH and that is precisely why the UNbelievers don't want it in the school system! It works and helps hold a certain line of behavior. Now I know there are folks that will say the Bible can be misused, but I know when we are free to have our God's word and had 'assembly' at least once a week opened with a prayer and said a 'blessing' before we went to lunch, there were no murders that I ever heard about in a school. God and His word are ONE and where IT is present, in general, with a few "believers" present with it, He is there! Means safety for our kids and granKids. You know you can say any false god's name anywhere, anytime and there is no problem but everybody get wild and defensive and outraged if you say the name JESUS!
Great question and I've had my say!

Answer 5

Some where more important needs God and that is the home.

I'm not against God in schools at all, but realize that things are best taught at home. We have a generation of unchurched, unskilled (religiously) or untooled parents who never got the spiritual nurturing they needed at home. Woe to the next generation who will truly be spiritually lost.

Answer 6

When the study of the Bible was removed from schools, children lost motivation to learn, progressive education (teaching the children on the children's terms) took hold, and schools became killing grounds.

(EDIT) I apologize: I improperly quoted the biggest problems in public schools list. Corrected version:

Top problems1940:
Talking
Chewing gum
Making noise
Running in halls
Cutting in lines
Dress code violations
Littering

Top Problems 2000:
Drug abuse
Alchohol abuse
Pregnancy
Suicide
Rape
Robbery
Assault, murder

Answers derived from surveys of teacher's associations and groups across the United States along with student violation and citation records. Violation and citation statistics are public record in some states if you would like to research the information further.

You tell me which was better.

Answer 7

States didn't pass laws to "remove god from schools". The Supreme Court decided that schools could not sponsor religious exercises, such as mandatory school prayer. Not all states had school prayer before this decision. Many state constitutions had already banned it.

This protects the religious freedom of the students, (who belong to different faiths or no faith).

Are you suggesting that God allowed people to die violent deaths to teach us a lesson?

Answer 8

"these same schools were the ones were multiple killing took place"
That is utter nonsense. You say "the states" and then follow it with "these same schools", which itself is misleading. First of all, any state has thousands of schools. Secondly, how many "multiple killings" have there been (within a 5 year period)? 1? Maybe 2? Thirdly, and most importantly, ALL states separate God from the schools. It's called the separation of church and state and it's in the constitution. Please inform yourself before trying to rally the ignorant bigot demographic.

"Does our schools need God?"
Our schools apparently need good grammar teachers.

Answer 9

God's already in our schools and everywhere we go. It's a better question to ask if we should allow him to be mentioned. I believe we should. If everyone lived by the Ten Commandments then society as a whole would be better off. They don't need to teach religion or go into the details, but the basics, the parts of our lives that are in Deuteronomy... we need this to be taught. If parents disagree, then their children don't have to listen. However it will teach children that we're all different. 85% of US Citizens classify themselves as Christians. This is a democrocy, and the majority of us believe in God. Therefore, we shouldn't be ashamed of our beleifs and teach our children the same beliefs.

Answer 10

i do no longer think of any religious suggestions might desire to study as actuality. in spite of each and every little thing, there are sooooo many diverse suggestions (none of that have any scientific grounding) to choose for between. Evolution on the different hand might properly be proved besides as supported. God might desire to be saved in church. I do, in spite of the undeniable fact that, think of that historic past of religion training could be a good version to college curriculum.