So you don't think Christians are being treated unfairly?

Question

A few years back in Tulsa, Ok a group of Christian students at a high school requested they be allowed to pray in school. The basis for this request was the fact that the Muslim students were allowed to pray multiple times a day, as required by their religion. The Christian students never received a reply one way or the other. That is until they decided to go ahead and pray. At that point they were taken into the office for discipline. This may seem like a small thing to anyone who is not a Christian, but it is definately discrimination. Now for those of you who are not schooled in the Bible, we are told to pray without ceasing. So this is as much a mandate of our religion as the Muslims praying 5 times a day.
Why is it wrong to discriminate against Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, but okay to discriminate against Christians?
Christians are being judged by a few, and unfortunately those are generally the ones who are misbehaving.

Answer 1

Jesus said that in the last days we would be hated of all nations for his names sake. All those who live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. The tide is turning on Christians in the USA . The Christian Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves at what is happening in this once great country of ours. Gird up you loins brothers and sisters because great tribulation is coming for Chrsitians. It is going to get much much worse. He that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Answer 2

Because in a politically correct world, the majority must bow to the minority. That was a school, a state run institution. In the private sector, however, Christians will have it much easier. Receive more understanding, and far less judgment against them. I say these things as a person who has seen some serious flaws in the decency of man kind. Once in the adult world, religion is a much broader and easier target. Public institutions must bend to certain things like religion.
The Muslim student was never reprimanded because he (his parents) never asked permission. They told the school this was a requirement of religion and it would happen. The Christian students caught the staff off guard, they asked, they should have told.
When they were brought in the principles office, their parents should have been called. They never should have been reprimanded for practicing their religious beliefs. It is not just immoral to do so, it is illegal.
The whole thing should have disappeared, or the Muslim student would have lost his right to pray along with the entire school population. That is the only way to get around telling someone they cannot show their faith.

Take it away from all.

Answer 3

That is a terrible thing to do. If the Muslims pray many times a day, why can't the Christians pray too? And even if the Muslims didn't pray in school, why should the Christians not be able to? Its sad to see how messed up the world has become and even worse is how we are treating the youth and what qualities they now have. Now, its like they can't even be religious. They will be blessed by God for their hardships.

Answer 4

I am no expert in the practices of Islam but is it not true that their religion dictates they pray at specific times during the day? If this is the case, then the school must respect that requirement.

However, Christianity has no mandated times of worship except holy days and Sunday. There is no school during those times.

My feeling is that the school probably doesn't care if Christians pray in school as long as it is not disruptive to their schoolwork or other students. If they were asking to be excused from class to pray then I think the school has every right to deny the request.

EDIT -Let me clarify my point. If the Bible stated "Christians must gather and pray at 10 am, noon and 2pm everyday " and the school rejected the request, then yes, I would agree it was descrimination. But this is not the case.

Answer 5

nobody is saying that its okay to discriminate against the christians.maybe the school was so engrossed in showing that there was no injustice done to the muslims that they forgot about the christians. those were just a coupla students. what about what the christians are doing to the muslims in basra?

Answer 6

You're absolutely right, dear one. And all Christians would agree with you. However, God's Word tells us that this is going to happen and we're seeing it in our lifetime. Jesus said that because He was hated, so would His followers be. Count it all for joy! We know what it says in the back of the Book! The Good Guy wins!

God bless you!

Answer 7

it sounds bad except you did not give the whole story. the other religions do not stand up in class or on the football field or in the hallway or the parking lot and yell their prayers where everyone can hear them. they do it in rooms set aside for their religion, which anyone can get if they ask. we do not have to suck up to christianity nor to any other religion. we do not have to respect your religious beliefs. we respect your right to worship as you choose, we do not have to accept or cowtow to your beliefs. if the christians behaved, they would be able to pray but they want to evangelize at every opportunity and doing so by any religion at a school should not be allowed.

Answer 8

i think it is wrong to let one religion pray but not the other, i dont see how the diffrent religions can be judged unequally.

it is unfair, both should be allowed to pray

Answer 9

Regardless of faith or spiritual views, everyone can have a platform for being treated unfairly.
It is simply a matter of accepting the world as being in the state of chaos as it is and learning to adapt.
We as people, all have a choice...
we can play the victim or we can play the survivor...

Myself, i choose the latter...

blessings
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Answer 10

Good question....Apparently there is some reverse discrimination going on.