Religion
Related: About this forumDoes preventing sectarian prayer at public meetings deny anyone the right to pray?
It has been asserted that it in fact, does infringe on the rights of individuals to pray. What say you?
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)n/t
FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
humblebum
(5,881 posts)I like the way you substitute the word "preventing" for "banning."
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)one's head. If God can't hear that, he's not God.
Besides, God (Jesus) commanded people to go pray silently in their closets and not out loud in public. That's pretty clear instructions.
okasha
(11,573 posts)It's as long as there are algebra tests, there will be prayer in schools of all types. As long as there are blowhards on public bodies such as City Councils, there will be prayer in those public meetings, and most will consist of "Please God/Buddha/Allah/Creator/Deity of Choice, make this ass shut up!".
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)I also am driven crazy by the claim of a non-sectarian prayer. Protestants, who simply invoke a generic version of Jesus think they're doing a non-sectarian prayer. Guess again.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)prescribed by Jesus (Matthew 6:5-6).
LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)They can't think if they can't hear themselves.