Prayer in School

PennSkinsFan · #1 10-02-2003, 09:57 AM

Please vote

Spence · #2 10-02-2003, 10:01 AM

We already have prayer in schools. As long as there are math tests, kids will pray in school. What I oppose are any oganized prayers, since they will inevitably lead to conflict and controversy.

#3 10-02-2003, 11:51 AM

Yes...this is going to turn into a religious debate, but it should be allowed 100%. Organized or not.
As long as no kid is "FORCED" to pray, it should be allowed and encouraged. Without God this country is headed down the toilet.

PennSkinsFan · #4 10-02-2003, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by jsarno
Yes...this is going to turn into a religious debate, but it should be allowed 100%. Organized or not.
As long as no kid is "FORCED" to pray, it should be allowed and encouraged. Without God this country is headed down the toilet.

Voted yes as well.

jporterweb · #5 10-02-2003, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by jsarno
Yes...this is going to turn into a religious debate, but it should be allowed 100%. Organized or not.
As long as no kid is "FORCED" to pray, it should be allowed and encouraged. Without God this country is headed down the toilet.

My thoughts EXACTLY

bfauble83 · #6 10-02-2003, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by jsarno
Yes...this is going to turn into a religious debate, but it should be allowed 100%. Organized or not.
As long as no kid is "FORCED" to pray, it should be allowed and encouraged. Without God this country is headed down the toilet.

You said it all right there.

Skins57 · #7 10-02-2003, 10:26 PM

I also voted yes but I can see both sides.

Skinzaholic · #8 10-02-2003, 10:28 PM

Do I really have to tell any of you MY answer?

(by the way... it is "Yes" all the way).

Seebs · #9 10-03-2003, 03:16 AM

No, and i've been for 17 years in a catholic school. I don't want any organized prayer in public shcool. School needs to teach you to be a human being. Religion is no part of it.

Green-Is-Good · #10 10-03-2003, 07:41 PM

No. I know that 92 percent of the country's population is Christian, but how many truly are pious? I'd say under 5%. Besides, the theory of evolution is taught in schools.

#11 10-09-2003, 10:19 AM

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Originally posted by Green Is Good
Besides, the theory of evolution is taught in schools.

But no one is saying to teach God in schools, but allowing prayer.

Seebs, were you FORCED to pray?

Green-Is-Good · #12 10-09-2003, 11:22 AM

What about atheists and agnostics? They would be forced to play as well?

Spence · #13 10-09-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by Green Is Good
What about atheists and agnostics? They would be forced to play as well?

No, they'd just be harassed by teachers who don't approve of their choice and beaten up by all the kids during recess or gym.

I had a girlfriend who is half-Jewish. She was born in California, but her family eventually moved to rural Missouri. Two of her teachers constantly harassed her about going to Hell because of her Jewish ancestry and several students routinely gave her the Nazi salute when she came to class. That sort of thing does not happen in civilized places [such as, where I live], but it does happen in other places all over the country. That's the part of school prayer the religious fundis don't want you to think about.

Keino · #14 10-09-2003, 01:37 PM

No. Pray at Home. What purpose does it serve? If an individual chooses to pray on their own, they shouldn't be stopped or forbiden to do so, but I am oppossed to a "prayer time" and any organized prayer. Teach my kid how to read and calculate math formulas, I will teach my kid about God.

#15 10-09-2003, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by Green Is Good
What about atheists and agnostics? They would be forced to play as well?

Well, my proposal is that NO ONE be forced. I grew up in a town that allowed prayer, but no one was forced to partake.