"Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our Queen and her government, to Members of Parliament and all in positions of responsibility, the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead the nation wrongly through love of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all private interests and prejudices keep in mind their responsibility to seek to improve the condition of all mankind; so may your kingdom come and your name be hallowed.
Amen."
Attendance is voluntary - I think it should be compulsory.
2007-09-30 08:40:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is nothing in that which prevents muslims and Jews from saying the same prayer and praying to their God and atheists could just see it as an affirmation of the moral code that they should have as members of parliament
2007-09-30 08:48:09 · update #1
It is simply a tool to unite parliament in a common framework of behaviour.
2007-09-30 08:50:56 · update #2
I think it's a good prayer and just maybe if MP's didn't pray our country might be in a worse state.
This is still a Christian country and we are called upon to pray for our government. I'm glad to see the words "You're Kingdom Come" in there. I don't think prayer should be made compulsory as prayer comes from the heart. The prayers of the righteous avail. There are good people in parliament we just don't hear much about them. Oh and they ask for the Holy Spirit's guidance - wow - that's very encouraging - thanks for sharing it...
2007-09-30 18:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by ;) 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the Christian. I pray in the morning and at the end of the day. If I feel the need I pray at other times. We don't have a set number of prayers to pray each day, nor at a specific time. God is always there, we can call on Him at any time.
2016-05-17 11:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists having a moral code shouldnt have to praise a god they dont believe in in the process, you might not see uit that way, but how would you like to give a prayer in which you said that all gods are falsifications? You would hate it.
And having a moral code or prayer at the start of the day does nothing to stop all the MPs lying through their teeth; when both sides swear to tell the truth on the bible etc. in court, one side is probably lying. It is not important, and if people want to pray it should be up to them, with their own words, as even with christianity there are whole worlds of variation in there.
2007-09-30 08:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by honourableone 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
if I go to court to give evidence i do not put my hand on any book and the word god doesn't come out of my mouth, and that is an oath in court so why should atheists who are in government say the prayer?
it is not a moral code it is a preyer and as such Atheists wont say it if their was an atheist option fine but don't force your beliefs on others who don't agree.
2007-09-30 11:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by manapaformetta 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the words in principal are lord-able!
It´s the politicians themselves that generally are not worthy of our votes! Perhaps if they actually took the words of the prayer to heart we may get a government we can actually trust! As it is, I think it´s more than likely that the only God they actually pray to is the almighty pound, imploring him for yet another ridiculously high pay rise!!
Yes I do believe attendance should be compulsory, if they are going to loaf about doing very little for there money, they should at least be made to clock in so to speak!!
2007-09-30 08:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by speedboat 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
So, you would like to FORCE the leaders of your country to attend religious meetings
(which is what you were surely implying - saying attendance should be compulsory)
Democracy & freedom at it's best eh?
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In theory poloticians should be commited to helping the country etc.. anyway, it is part of the job description - the only problem is some don't see it that way, repeating pretty slogans is not going to help them be any nicer.
2007-09-30 08:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by HP 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
It is a worthy prayer...sadly, you can say that and not pray that .... even more sadly, not act on that.
I am glad it is not compulsory. Making people go through the motions proves nothing.
2007-09-30 08:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by alan h 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Why do you think attendance should be compulsory, we have MPs that are not Christian, so why should they have beliefs forced upon them that they do not agree with? If they want to attend and say this prayer, that's fair enough, but they must be allowed to have that choice
2007-09-30 08:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by Diane 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like good men doing good things for the country that they have no control over but through God to me.
2007-09-30 08:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by Wolfie 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Atheists don't want to pretend we are relying on some imaginary force to make everything go good.
2007-09-30 09:01:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋