For those who want to bring "God" back into schools, etc.?

Question

For those who say they want God brought back into schools, into the government, etc....

Hypothetically, let's say that happened. Tomorrow, the US Government announces that we are now a theocracy, that prayer in school is mandatory, religious law supercedes secular law, etc. You get the idea.

How would you react if this happened, but it wasn't YOUR god? Or perhaps it was the same god you worship, but the mandated religious doctrine didn't jive with the doctrine YOU follow?

Dhyan -- Two things:
a) You're completely missing the point of the question.
b) Your answer is quite the shining example of Christian love, no?

I think a lot of people missed the point of the question. What I'm getting at is that a lot of people want their god/their religion brought into schools, into the public arena, etc. -- in other words, they want us to go "back to" being a Christian nation (which we never were, but I digress).

My question is, how would you feel if that happened, but it wasn't YOUR god or YOUR religion?

In other words, walk a mile in the shoes of those who DON'T believe as you do, and consider what it's like to have another set of beliefs legislated into law, imposed on our children in schools, etc.

Answer 1

Then we would be just as bad off as we are now.

Answer 2

As a Jew, I see the "wrong G-d" is already in the schools. Try observing Sabbath on Saturday and participating in sports. They won't allow it. This means observant Jews are effectively barred from sports scholarships.

A Jew has to miss a number of days each year for our festivals. Although it's allowed, the student ends up responsible for rescheduling tests and making up homework.

Getting the christian days off is effectively telling children of other faiths that their faith isn't important. Teachers are allowed to wear crosses, but my son can't wear a yamakah to school. Hmmm....

I'm on a Jewish "rant" because I'm Jewish. I can see how Muslem kids would be affected the same way. Each Friday, they would have to violate their sabbath.

My sister once asked me what a theocracy would look like. And each time I thought about it, I figured it would be worse than what we have now.

My son refuses to say or stand for the pledge of allegiance as I do. For two reasons.
1. "under G-d" in Hebrew would mean that we are separate from G-d which is not a Jewish belief.
2. We can't give allegiance to anyone but G-d. If I pledge allegiance and then a president orders an illegal war like the current one, it would make it that much hard to refuse to go.

I say, keep school secular in school, but allow students the freedom to practice. This might involve allowing prayer rooms for those who choose to pray during the day.

Also, any attempts at converting should be absolutely prohibited. This includes handing out tractates, etc. This might be a freedom of speech issue, but it's also a freedom of religion issue to have my son go to a school where people aren't always telling him he is wrong.

Answer 3

For real, God (for a Christian who carries their Lord in their heart) goes to school with every Christian boy and girl and wherever they go.
A person can pray anywhere they are and no one has to "lead" a prayer. God cannot be held at bay because there is a 'rule' against Him or against religious practices. We are saved by grace through faith and because of our "believing" heart", not our religious "works".
A Christian isn't intimidated by fear of those unbelievers who do not know God. Our children just BE Christian without yelling about it. You follow.
I was in school before all the fear of God and NO ONE ever made anyone pray in school. We all knew which among our teachers were "believers" during "assembly" once a week, or who wasn't, but they ALL were patriotic and said the pledge of allegience to the flag without a wink of an eye! And we ALL sung Christmas caroles at Christmas time without rediculousness and rebelliousness.
NO ONE made anyone read a Bible, but some teachers read a scripture at the beginning of the day and said a prayer. We ALWAYS said a blessing over our food in our room before going to the lunch room. A child in the room who wanted to say the blessing raised their hand and was allowed to say it and it was by rote and we all followed along if we wanted to.
It was character training by teaching gratitude.
There was not so much fear or hatred of God back then; but neither any hatefulness or disrespect of people who chose to pray or read.

Answer 4

Honestly I'd love it if our society worshiped God , and children did so in school. However, I do not want to be dominated in that area, nor to dominate someone else. Forced prayer and worship is not real, it's simply a method of social control, which I am against. There is freedom and liberty in Christ, but strict and forced empty religious practices have nothing to do with that.

Answer 5

You misunderstand because you never experienced an open educational system.

The government never put "A God" into schools.

God was there for Cristians, Jews, Muslims, Buddists, Shintoists, Wikka, and any other believer.

Nobody said "this is THE GOD of your school".

You were free to pray and believe what you want.

Now, the God in school is Evolutionism and Political Correctness-ism. God, any God is DENIED. A child with questions is not told to ask their parents, they are told that their parents are wrong (or lying) and are "indoctrinated" into Social Liberalism.

You haven't taken God out of school, you've just replaced him with your prefered "God".

Answer 6

Well, we have seen what happens when you Kick GOD Out of Something---BUT GOD Almighty WILL NOT MAKE you PRAY or Worship HIM.

Man Might Try to do it---religiously!! ;)

GOD Won't.
(GOD Upholds the FreeWill HE gave you---you can bust Hell Wide-0pen IF YOU WANT TO, GOD won't Stop You.)

Answer 7

Those are what "Catholic" and "Christian" schools are for. Religion should be kept in extra classes or schools like those.

I'd say I'd be pretty pissed off if that happened.

Answer 8

Time to start the revolution

Answer 9

I would move back to my native country that believes in my god.

Answer 10

The farther we get from GOD the less and less supernatural protection we have. Get the idea?

Answer 11

That wont keep kids from getting pregnant and doing drugs. In fact, if they made me pray in school I probably would have done MORE drugs.