(January 12, 2012 at 11:39 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote:(January 12, 2012 at 7:02 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Remember when Congress invited a Hindu, I think it was, to give a Hindu prayer before a session of Congress? There were a bunch of people thrown out for protesting or yelling out that it was blasphemy or some such. There's no doubt in my mind that most Christians believe in freedom of religion... as long as it's Christianity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3ElGdC2fU
You mean this one?
OMG. That was HORRIBLE. I never saw that. What a disgrace. That was just disgusting. I was tearing up and about to cry for that guy (ok, yes i'm a chic).
I agree that Christians want religious freedom as long as it's Christianity. What hypocrites.
Our public school district here actually says the Lord's Prayer at PTO meetings. We were shocked the first time we heard it.
"Shannon said the language of the Lord's Prayer is tolerable and contains language that fits with widely held beliefs of people of other faiths."
Tolerable? To who? Christians? Again, how does any religion or faith belong in a government meeting? I think the debate should not be over if the Lord's Prayer is only for Christianity but that no religion has a place in a government meeting. There is no logical purpose for a prayer of any sort at a government function. But, since we are "one nation under God, " the praying will never go away.
