Theres tha debatable question about havin Christian prayer in public schools. Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, etc kids don't have to join in the prayer if they don't want to.
But since it is a PUBLIC (Open to the knowledge or judgment of all) school, why not have ALL kinds of prayers for each and every religion a student is associated with. I'm pretty sure theres one for every kind. Even take time to have a "non-prayer" silence for atheists.
So lets have an all religion prayer NOT JUST CHRISTIANS in our public schools! lol
2007-10-27 12:20:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Again... This coutry was built on God. Why do we have to keep slient just so that we dont offend the people that don't believe. This country was built on faith in God and you dont like it then you can leave and go to another country that doesn't care. Why must my children be forced to study evolution?
2007-10-27 12:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by happlymarriedinlove2 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
How about this: Instead of trying to P.C. ourselves right into the ground, let's allow the public schools to just get on with educating the children. Heaven knows there's little enough actual teaching time as it is. Lunchtime, study halls, other unstructured free time? Let those of faith pray, but don't make an issue of it.
Children are in school perhaps six to seven hours of a 24-hour day. My public school-educated grandchildren have ample opportunity for prayer -- individually, and with the family -- before school, after school, weekends, in religion classes, and at Mass. Similar opportunities exist for other Christian parents as well as those of different faiths.
Insisting that public, tax-funded schools must include prayer in their classroom day leads to just such a scenario as you described: A lengthy period of very careful attention to every possible belief/unbelief system in doing so. Ridiculous.
If it is important enough to parents to integrate their beliefs into their child's entire learning experience, there are other options called home school and private school. Both require quite a commitment in terms of time and money, but it's a matter of priorities. Seems to me that the loudest voices for "prayer in schools!" are the ones who want schools to do a disproportionate amount of the work that is actually theirs, as parents.
2007-10-27 12:50:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't mind if religion is offered as a class so long as all religions hold a class aswell as an option for non-believers such as library time but general prayer in a public school?
I would be offended.
2007-10-27 12:30:38 · answer #3 · answered by Latte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about having your child pray with you before they leave for school or have your child pray in church on Sunday. Who's going to lead the children in prayer of all denominations if the teachers are Atheist?
2007-10-27 12:28:56 · answer #4 · answered by Allan C 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why waste time with prayer in school?
Children need only to be taught how to read write and calculate math competently.
Subjects as ethereal and liable to drastic change in theory, (like evolution/abiogenesis) should be left out.
History (as long as it is accurate, unlike the American history propaganda I learned), biology, theater, and other non-necessary subjects as regards success in the adult world, should be entirely elective classes, and then only students who have mastered the most important three should be allowed to attend such.
2007-10-27 12:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
no prayer. the time alloted cannot be specified as time for prayer. a moment of silence is great though. it's up to the student what they do with it.
2007-10-27 12:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by racer 51 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a better idea. We do it at my school. After we say The Pledge to the American Flag, there is a MOMENT (exactly 60 seconds) of silence.
Everyone does what he/she wants: pray or not; reflect on the day.
2007-10-27 12:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you try to pray for every religion, when are you going to learn things that school is supposed to be FOR? And what about the kids who are atheists? Why should they have to sit through it all?
School is not for teaching religion. School is for teaching facts. If you want your kids to pray in school, send them to a religious school, and they can pray all they want.
2007-10-27 12:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would not work...
Just a short silent prayer would not bring out differences ( you see what that does here) but would be effective.
2007-10-27 12:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole reason for the 'moment of silence' is to allow those who wish to say a prayer, regardless of their faith, to do so...silently.
I don't see that this system is broken, so why bother trying to fix it?
2007-10-27 12:27:26 · answer #10 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Public school is not the place for organized prayer. Ever.
2007-10-27 12:24:20 · answer #11 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋