RE: Prayer in School
July 16, 2012 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2012 at 8:45 am by Skepsis.)
(July 16, 2012 at 7:59 am)Ace Otana Wrote: There is plenty of time for students in their day to talk to their imaginary friend. Why do it in such a way and in such place to cause as much embarrassment to yourself as possible?
The need for prayer in school to me is theists asking to advertise their personal beliefs!
Can't they just keep it to themselves?
This is the perfect sum of all my thoughts.
Also:
If we are talking about an omniscient, omnipresent God (which we are), then why the hell are people praying in the first place? They believe their God already knows what their problems are, what the solutions are, and whether or not their problem will ever see its resolution.
Just seems silly to devote time to talking to your imaginary firend in a public place, holding up others from their daily routine.
Why aren't people ashamed to do this?
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
