I got
lured into another debate this morning over a cup of coffee--
Prayer in school.
My thoughts are this-- The
Supreme Court has already decided that it shouldn't be done in public schools, and that if it is, it's going against the
seperation of church and state-- I completely agree with them. My friend suggested that if it is done by
CHOICE, and that if you don't have to participate in it, then that would be okay. I still disagree. If you want to
pray in school, either go to a
private catholic school, or do it in your
head. The next argument my friend presented was that what if people wanted to feel that they had other people that they could relate to
religiously that were their own age? Well, join a
church youth group. Meet after school with people that share your similar
viewpoints. Just don't do it in school.
My
AP European History teacher was previously a
priest before he became a teacher, and the beliefs he tried to instill on our class were just
ludicrous. If we didn't believe what he believed (and in studying European history, you learn A LOT about religion), we were
WRONG. Whereas I had great
respect for this teacher in the knowledge he
maintained and
presented (he would be able to tell you every president's great uncle's best friend's name, for instance), I
dreaded going to that class because I knew that I was going to disagree with many of the
theological ideas that he discussed. For this, I think that I was highly
turned off from the idea of
religion ever entering the
realms of public schools. What does everyone else think?