Praying and Religion in schools?

Question

what do you think were some of the long-term effects of taking praying and religion out of schools..?

Answer 1

Thechildren who are not of the religion that the praying is aimed at will feel more comfortable, worthwhile, and appreciated. Instead of feeling like there is something wrong with them or their families because they aren't like the teachers say they should be.

The other long term effects include removing the cultural hegemony of one specific religion, freedom to practice one's minority or non-religion, and a lot of whining on the part of the majority religion who may no longer enjoy the religious privilege they've come to expect as "the way it is."

Answer 2

I don't think there were any.

Every generation has thought that the teenagers and young people were worst behaved than their own. This is the nostalgia trap that we all tend to fall into from time to time. Teenagers and school age children have been doing the same things since public education began. Having them pray or read the bible didn't stop them.

Similarly, I've worked at a prison where the majority of the inmates were of one religion or another. These men pray everyday, read their religious documents everyday, and yet they still behave abominably toward someone who is trying to help them. Religion does not actually positively affect behavior because in the heat of the moment the perpetrators aren't thinking about their god or their religions rules of behavior. It's the same with school age children with an extra dose of hormones on top.

And, school violence is correlated with school crowding and neighborhood demographic changes, not with whether religion and prayer are a part of the curriculum. Religious schools have the same problems with discipline that all other schools have.

Peace,
Jenn

Answer 3

How could we possibly know?

When I went to school, we had to listen to a bible reading and a prayer at the start of the day. Since the prayers were usually Christian, the whole exercise made me feel uncomfortable. I worried that I was doing something wrong, just by listening. I was happy when the court rulings eliminated school prayer, and I would never want to see that stuff back in the schools.

But over the years, a whole lot of other good and bad things have happened to shape my personality. My guess is that the five minutes a day of compulsory Christianity had only a minor effect, in the long run.

Answer 4

Praying has NOT been taken out of schools. Teacher led prayer has been taken out. Students are free to pray on their own or with a group of friends. We have a Moment Of Silence every day (60 seconds). Students can pray or not.

Answer 5

Creationism and religion have no data. No accurate observations, no measurements, therefore, creationism is on the same level as a myth. By the way, the creation stories were stolen and plagiarized from much earlier pagan religions. There is not one single original concept in either the old or new testament...it is all borrowed, stolen, and plagiarized from previous pagan religions.

Answer 6

stable question, because of the fact often the persons who recommend for prayer in public colleges will say that the 1st substitute is for non secular freedom, yet then bypass directly to declare some thing approximately usa being a Christian u . s . a . subsequently the government ought to recognize Christianity because of the fact the state faith. situation with their fallacious theory is which you will no longer have a theocracy and have non secular freedom, it would not artwork that way. i actual do no longer think of that a lot of people actual choose to attempt to hold prayer returned to public college, that's often the Evangelical Fundamentalist crowd that needs to try this, yet they do no longer seem to be as influential as they was.

Answer 7

I've got to agree with Quiet on this one. I myself am a christian, and the old saying goes "As long as there are test in school, there will be prayer." But just look at schools today, public schools seem to suffer the worst. Back when prayer was in school, did you ever hear about guns and violence as rampant as they are today? I don't think so. Keep in mind this is just my opinion, but prayer and the removal of god in schools and events is a bad thing. We were founded on the belief in god, it would be nice if they still taught our children that.

Answer 8

Praying has never really left the school I know A lot of people who still pray in school

Answer 9

They're NOT completely out of schools. Yeesh. I can't walk from one side of my community college to the other without seeing some evidence of the Christian prayer group. They will either be inviting people to meetings or have something posted on a flyer or bulletin board. It was the same way in the public high schools that I attended.

Answer 10

Just look around at the moral decay of America. Kids coming to school killing their classmates even those they don't even know. Children murdering their parents and getting their friends to help them hide the body. If education alone is designed to produce a better human being then it has failed.