Prayer in school

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I am not sure but it seems like a lot of people in this forum favor the 10 commandments in schools public buildings. I bet they think a prayer before school or at commencements is alright. What if the person startrd to pray to the Hindu God Vishnu. Or thanked Zeus for helping them get good grades. would anybody have a problem with a teacher leading such a prayer?
 
Interesting topic, but it can't last on TFL because of bandwidth concerns - not gun-related enough. Certain other non-gun-related topics are allowed to last here, like anything to do with the military, the current political races - for some reason these will be left open, as being tangentially gun-related, but not this one, I'm afraid.
 
This nation was founded on the principles, and laws which reflected the Judeo/Christian ethic.
George Washington said "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
"No man, who is profligate in his morals, or a bad memer of the civil community, can possible be a true Christian, or a credit to his own religious society."

Because this has been a Christian nation, at least in principle, it would be offensive to have a Muslim or Buddhist pray.

When one is praying for the group, such as the teacher, that person is representing the group before God. Only a Christian can pray to the true God through Christ, and have God hear his prayers. A Muslim or other religion could not represent a Christian before God.

Jerry
 
When one is praying for the group, such as the teacher, that person is representing the group before God. Only a Christian can pray to the true God through Christ, and have God hear his prayers. A Muslim or other religion could not represent a Christian before God.
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Which is why prayers outside of congregational settings are inappropriate. Many, many American citizens are not Christian and don't need to be. The Ten Commandments are especially inappropriate, because we don't abide by or enforce all of them as a matter of law.

The tired argument that the US is a Christian nation is absolutely false and should be discredited every time it is used. For one thing, it is incredibly bigoted. People of all sorts of religions or none are bona fide citizens of the US. They are not guests of the Christians. For this very reason it is essential to keep religion and government separate.
 
Real Gun,
I agree with the concept of not having a state religion, that does not mean to separate God and government.
Whether anyone likes it or not this nation was founded on the Judeo/Christian ethic found in the Holy Bible.
For most of the history of this nation the Ten Commandments were posted in schools and government buildings.

The founders mentioned God, and the Constitutions of the various states begin with an acknowledgement of God as Creator and Sovereign.

It proper to acknowledge God and pray at games, meetings, etc. Those prayers are to be done by Christians, or those who profess to be, and not by religions who do not know the true God.

Jerry
 
JerryM, that degree of dogmatism is really scary. With all due respect, I don't think any debate is possible here.
 
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