(November 11, 2013 at 6:44 am)Keenhazard Wrote:I am an Atheist. I need some advice, how can I handle my teacher whenever she assigns me to lead a prayer in class? I am really annoyed by it. She doesn't know I'm an Atheist. It has been a tradition in our country to pray before starting a class. My teacher is strict, So I'm worried about getting embarrassed or scolded in class if I tell her that I'm an Athiest.
I agree with Esq, in that it might be better to play along if the consequences of telling them the truth are not worth it. That, or see how far you can push things until she decides that "your heart's in the right place, but from now on I think we'll let someone else do the daily prayer. It's not that I don't want the principal's left testicle to explode, but it's not the sort of thing to ask for in a public prayer."
Otherwise, yeah... lead a prayer to Shub-Niggurath one fine morning and I'm sure you'll be relieved of morning prayer duties for the rest of the term.
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-Stephen Jay Gould
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