it's not fine... you want your kids praying to the flying spaghetti monster? Cuz that is an actual religion, even though done as satirically.. it's identified as one. What about you kid coming home about a scientology fee and saying know and them losing their shit? What about a kid being bullied for being jewish or muslim? What about an atheist being forced to pray? What about the weed religion (again a real thing), should they be allowed to toke in the middle of a math test at 8am? There are so many ways it can go south so fast without discrimination or harmful intent.
sorry, was eating, but kind of silly you brought those two up, as religion has caused more damage than fascism, if taken at face value. Noah's flood alone would have wiped out 300 million people, he nuked two cities for all fucking each other (he didn't nuke any others, odd? ain't it?) Then you have millions over the years that used it as a power/land grab.. hell in the Americas alone it's was like, would you like a blanket? Who really knows how many died from smallpox
my kids can pray to whomsoever they wish… i would rather they be of my faith, certainly, but i welcome any religious discussion provided they are earnest and can articulate why they believe how they believe be it Rastafarian or Pastafarian, Muslim or Jewish, or anything (save for scientology, and i’ll show them the Lea Ramini and other accounts why they are dangerous).
With freedom of prayer in school, the important thing to stress is that the freedom to NOT pray is vitally important. the Athiest should absolutely NOT be forced to pray, if they so choose. likewise, a child should never be bullied for being Muslim or Jewish, and with freedom of prayer they would absolutely have the right to pray as they wish alongside their christian or otherwise classmates. there MUST be acceptance of ALL faiths for there to be acceptance of any prayer in ANY faith.
it is disappointing, though, that the first thing you do is see all the negative that could come about if it is improperly implemented,
pt 3; on your last point, i am a proud Roman Catholic, i know very well the storied past of my faith, the graveyards of innocent that have been filled in the name of my God or that have been filled as the Church has turned a blind eye for the sake of profit and politics. it is a holy institution with holy practices, a holy mass, and holy traditions, but it is also a very human bureaucracy led by humans as prone to greed and vice as anyone, that has in the past been run by popes who were complete assholes.
but so is the same for every faith and nation (with the possible exception of pastafarianism and rastafarianism). it has an old, checkered, and imperfect past but it has also done very much good. acknowledging the dark past i choose to believe in the teachings of Christ and hope for a better future, and in practicing His word as He intended do some good in this world. i am not a fan of everything my faith has done just as i am not a fan of everything my nation has done, but i still
I'm not saying they can't pray, but having enforced is the problem...
by no means am i questioning your faith or right to it, i'm just saying a school is not the place.
Now, maybe an empty classroom where kids can go? that's fine by me. I even have a problem with the pledge of allegiance and how money is designed. "In God we trust" angers me; it's a way to subconsciously divert you, which has been admitted.
fair enough, agree to disagree. i think encouraging students to pray or express themselves in their own way as such publicly breeds more acceptance of different practices of faith.
and i know that you weren’t questioning my faith or right to practice it; i was just stating that all institutions are imperfect, even (ESPECIALLY) the one i ascribe to.
With freedom of prayer in school, the important thing to stress is that the freedom to NOT pray is vitally important. the Athiest should absolutely NOT be forced to pray, if they so choose. likewise, a child should never be bullied for being Muslim or Jewish, and with freedom of prayer they would absolutely have the right to pray as they wish alongside their christian or otherwise classmates. there MUST be acceptance of ALL faiths for there to be acceptance of any prayer in ANY faith.
it is disappointing, though, that the first thing you do is see all the negative that could come about if it is improperly implemented,
but so is the same for every faith and nation (with the possible exception of pastafarianism and rastafarianism). it has an old, checkered, and imperfect past but it has also done very much good. acknowledging the dark past i choose to believe in the teachings of Christ and hope for a better future, and in practicing His word as He intended do some good in this world. i am not a fan of everything my faith has done just as i am not a fan of everything my nation has done, but i still
by no means am i questioning your faith or right to it, i'm just saying a school is not the place.
Now, maybe an empty classroom where kids can go? that's fine by me. I even have a problem with the pledge of allegiance and how money is designed. "In God we trust" angers me; it's a way to subconsciously divert you, which has been admitted.
and i know that you weren’t questioning my faith or right to practice it; i was just stating that all institutions are imperfect, even (ESPECIALLY) the one i ascribe to.