Prayer In School, are you against or for prayer in school |
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 Apr 2 2004, 07:20 PM
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I'm against it because it would be too complicated with all the religions in the world...
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Apr 2 2004, 07:56 PM
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 why am i the witness?  Group: Member Posts: 47 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,596 |
I guess I'm a bit biased since i go to Catholic School. But , I don't mind people praying in schools.
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Apr 3 2004, 07:57 PM
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It's really up to you. Because you can forced others to do it since this is a country of free religion.
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Apr 24 2004, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member. Group: Member Posts: 3,619 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 12,940 |
well, in my opinion ... YES! So The Big Guy (God) can help us in that days... Im Catholic, Roman Catholic
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Apr 24 2004, 07:32 PM
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I am for prayer in school. But I dont think it should be forced. If its forced, people will think less of Christians, and there for of Jesus.
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Apr 24 2004, 07:33 PM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
QUOTE(krnxswat @ Mar 23 2004, 8:40 PM) I think having a seperate time just for prayer during school hours is useless, because not everyone follows the same religion. I personally pray before I eat my lunch in school, and it's totally upto the people whether they want to pray or not. i so agree wit seonho... it's they choice if they wana pray or not... hey chelle dun` tell me u talk behind someonez baq` wen they pray...do u? cus if u do...i think thats messed up.. heh.. so if u do that agen...y dun` u jus` say that in ur mind and not spread it, k?^^;; and it's not bad to pray before lunch too~
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Apr 24 2004, 07:37 PM
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QUOTE(xjjajeengx @ Mar 25 2004, 11:46 PM) of course since do not beleive in prayer, you wouldnt understand fully . Jesus is referring this to the hypocrites who try to look all good and holy by fake praying and trying to pray loudly so that people will realize how "holy" they are. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SCHOOL PRAYERS HOWEVER because school prayers are for students who would like to pray at school for school and to be closer with God. not to show off and be hypocritical. and JESUS definetly was NOT against praying in school. did he ever SAY THAT?! no. and besides. desperate times call for desperate measures. like it could almost be the end of the world because it is so chaotic. christians need to pray and ask God for help daily and whenever they possibly can. sorry if i offended you, but this really ticked me off. if you do not understand the bible, dont repeat what it says and interpret it in such a way that it might confuse fellow christians. To me, this is very insulting. and also: these do not oppose prayer in schools. believe me. all the churches i went to in my life were presbyterian, untied methodiest, or chirsitan church. and believe me, i've been to MANY churches in my lifetime. also, if they opposed prayer in school, why would some of the presbyterian churches encourage prayer at schools by teaching students to do so via bible study? same with christian churches. as a matter of fact, i go to a christian church that is also a christian school. and all of them pray at school, and the church itself proposed a required bible study program for students in high school and junior high to learn how to pray for people and how to pray, period. My church is a HUGE korean christian church, known throughtout korea and many other hucrches look up to our pastor and how much our church has done for other churches, etc. Our church is also one of the largest korean churches and one of the leading in missionary funding and direct missionary sending, church building in other foreign countries, etc. within the lessons, they taought us that even if people discriminate you for praying, you should still pray. true, they said that being hypocritical is wrong and praying just for the sake of fame is being wrong, but if you truly were praying for the sake of praying, you should at school, at home, at church, everywhere and anywhere when you need God's support or you want to thank him, etc. sorry if im being rela b!tchy and all, but this is how i feel about it  this is chelle it's just a different name. anyways, i do believe in prayer. just not prayer in public schools. in my religion, wicca, i pray. and i was copying something that i had found off the internet because i thought it was rather interesting. actually, here are the links for you: Faith groups that support the First Ammendment and oppose government-sponored prayer in public schools. it's saying the presbyterian churches as a whole support the first amm and oppose school prayer. Bible Excerpt. i copied "jesus was against school prayer" word for word off that site. i wasn't actually saying i believed that. my bad on that specific thing. i completely agree with you when you say even if people discriminate against you for praying then you should still do it. but, by praying you are not realizing that you are discriminating against the people who do not wish to pray. you are singling them out and subjecting them to an activity that they don't believe in. praying is a 24-7 thing. it can be done whenever, wherever and by whomever. the type of school prayer that i am talking about, and the kind that many are trying to get back in the schools is where the principal comes over the announcements and prays with the students and maybe reads a bible scripture. now pro-school prayer people say that kids who do not wish to pray could go out of the room or whatever but that would single them out. that's discrimination. why even go through all of that when right now, anyone can pray by themselves. at my school currently we have a minute of silence. KEYWORD: silence. there's no verbalization of religious beliefs so that i'm okay with. people can pray within themselves. that's what i believe the bible excerpt was saying... |
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Apr 24 2004, 09:42 PM
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 Fizzle Ma Nizzle Group: Member Posts: 1,019 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,978 |
wow i dont hav time to read that.. but i think its better to have skool prayer becoz people will not forgot their reglion..
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Apr 24 2004, 09:45 PM
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QUOTE(fiji_kid @ Apr 24 2004, 7:42 PM) wow i dont hav time to read that.. but i think its better to have skool prayer becoz people will not forgot their reglion.. so people won't forget their religion.. ? what if you don't HAVE a religion? if we had a prayer in school, it'd be ONE prayer, for ONE religion.. aka, going against the Constitution. |
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Apr 24 2004, 09:48 PM
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my school has the moment of silence...and i go to the highschool in the mornings so i have to liten to the american pledge, the texas pledge, and the 1 minute of silence 2 times a day. some teachers at my schoool make the kids stop, but they keep walking, talking and doing other things...so much for following rules. its kind of a nuisance because no one really does anything...everyone just keeps on going or stares into space.
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Apr 24 2004, 09:51 PM
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I have no religion as i am alowwed to chose my own faith. In our school we have so many realigions that it wouldnt be fair
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Apr 24 2004, 11:03 PM
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I go to a Catholic school so I guess prayer during school is a way of life...
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Apr 25 2004, 12:07 AM
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i personally dont have a direct answer, but sometimes, I pray quietly in skool b4 i eat n things. I think that maybe having a little youth group/ bible study would be interesting, but probably not in skool b/c of the many religions in our skool.
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Apr 25 2004, 02:45 AM
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QUOTE(fiji_kid @ Apr 24 2004, 9:42 PM) wow i dont hav time to read that.. but i think its better to have skool prayer becoz people will not forgot their reglion.. that's horrible reasoning. not everybody has a religion. what about the atheists? |
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Apr 25 2004, 03:09 AM
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huh? it says I already voted....
wait I remember... I read this topic like one month ago! how did it get bumped like that??? |
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Apr 26 2004, 09:46 PM
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i say no cuz theres alot of ppl who dont belive in da same thing otha ppl do
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Apr 26 2004, 09:51 PM
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I don't think there should exactly be time set aside for it, but just to allow students to pray in school if they choose to.
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Apr 26 2004, 10:18 PM
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If you're talking about public schools, there shouldn't be prayer. Keep the Church and State separate.
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Apr 26 2004, 10:19 PM
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Retired Member Group: Member Posts: 879 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,843 |
they can't really "not allow" prayer
you can't control someone's thoughts people can always pray silently... |
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Apr 26 2004, 10:31 PM
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:hammer: Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,849 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,700 |
QUOTE(v@por @ Apr 26 2004, 8:19 PM) they can't really "not allow" prayer you can't control someone's thoughts people can always pray silently... Of couse you would be able to pray to yourself silently.. just not have a prayer and make the whole class do it or something. |
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Apr 27 2004, 12:21 AM
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 Anime Freak Group: Member Posts: 247 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 12,476 |
ill hav 2 say no cuz im atheist. i jus dont believe in those things.
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Apr 27 2004, 12:22 AM
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i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
QUOTE(craziplaya21 @ Apr 26 2004, 10:21 PM) ill hav 2 say no cuz im atheist. i jus dont believe in those things. lols Eve is an atheist =) |
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Apr 27 2004, 08:31 PM
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i dont care; people can do whatever they want to
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May 30 2005, 02:24 PM
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Not everyone is the same religion
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May 30 2005, 03:16 PM
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i dont care... ppl can do watever dey want
praise jesus |
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