Do you think religion should stay out of the schools as well?
Should a child be punished for praying at school?
Should prayers be allowed at graduations, before competitions etc?
You must be talking about public schools Blondie. With that said I think that there could be a compromise in which there could be separate groups in which they can worship, pray or simply get together, but not in the classroom or during school hours. That goes for all religions.
I don't think a child should be punished immediately but told where and when to pray. Unless they do a silent prayer that doesn't disrupt anything.
When it comes to graduations and competitions, I think praying should be left out. Too many beliefs involved and someone may be offended.
Public schools are supposed to be for learning. There's a time and place for everything.
Yes, I was referring to public schools.
I have to disagree with you on some aspects of this. It has been a tradition at band competitions for over 30+ years that a prayer be said before performances.
To adapt and not offend, if someone wanted to step away from the group they were welcome to. As for graduations around here, there is still a prayer said, if the class graduating votes to have one.
If there are those that wish to participate all that is asked is that they remain quiet during the prayer out of respect to those that did want to participate.
So what do you think about Christmas or Easter parties in the classroom?
What do you think of a Chanukah party or Ramadan celebration in the classroom at school, Blondie???
What do you think of a Chanukah party or Ramadan celebration in the classroom at school, Blondie???
I think there HAS TO BE a separation between the two!! And I also think that Karl Rove's election tactics the last 8 years have STOMPED all over that separation!! David Qou's book "Tempting Faith" is a tell-all account of how those guys used religion to hi-jack this country for their own power-plays on oil and they used our country as a vehicle to do this shit!! They should be punished to the FULLEST extent the Law will allow for the way they've twisted the fragile minds of the evangelical born-again's into thinking that they are playing for their side!!
When you have what amounts to a religious state, you end up fighting Holy Wars, and those are dangerous, as people stop trying to see the common good of the World's peoples and focus only on what THEY think!!
As far as prayer in schools goes, I think that's gotten ridiculous! Kids that don't want to participate should just have the decency to back away and not participate!!
Whats the difference in what Rove, Robertson and those others white
preachers do vs what the black preachers like Joesph Lowery and
others do when they get up and politic in the church and in the name
of God.
I find both sides to be sad and disgusting.
Blondie-do you not see the difference in these celebrations? Christmas and Easter celebrate the birth and death/resurrection of the Jewish rabbi who became the Messiah to millions of people-now called Christians. The other holidays do NOT celebrate ,basically, the cornerstone of their religions. This is a hugh difference in scope and meaning. There is no holiday celebrated in schools for the receiving of the TEN Commandments-or to honor the birth or death of Mohammad! Big difference!
I would say the government can't make a rule promoting a religious practice or prohibiting one either. That's it.Where do you think the line should be drawn then?
What should be allowed and what should not?
I don't follow the question.LOL.
In the views of multi-culturalism, it's an imperative is it not that the church stays away from the state?
So what do you think about Christmas or Easter parties in the classroom?
There is no holiday celebrated in schools for the receiving of the TEN Commandments-or to honor the birth or death of Mohammad! Big difference!
I guess no Christian priests have proven to be pedophiles-in courts of law???? LMAO, MUNCHY-a BAD subject to bring up for your side!! How many millions have been paid to victims of these predatory "fine Christian gentlemen" that could have gone to help their parish members???
MUNCHY-what is your proof Mohammad was a pedophile??? He may have been-but what is your PROOF???(THIS OUGHT TO BE GOOD-ANOTHER CHRISTIAN FAIRY TALE ON ITS WAY??) LMAO!!!
MUNCHY-how many Democrats you know-if you even know any-worship Santa Claus??
BUT, MUNCHY....didn't your Messiah,the Jewish rabbi, Jesus, teach tolerance, care for the elderly and sick and poor,etc....or is THAT the part of Christianity you conveniently leave out of your closed-minded life??? Are you a "cafeteria Christian" ...choosing only the parts that suit your intolerant self???