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I agree that a prayer time would be a good idea. I would think that a period of 15 mins or so set
apart for prayer or for quiet time for those who do not wish to pray or who do not believe in God,
could be a calming experience for all of the students.
When I went to school, we did have a prayer time. It was not forced on those who chose not to pray.
It was just offered to those who wished to pray. The teacher did not recite a prayer for all of
us. We just had silent time to pray on our own. I think that there may have been times that the
Headmaster might have led a prayer, like when the space shuttle exploded with the teacher aboard,
but I do not recall anyone being offended by this. I think that even the kids who did not believe,
respected the fact that others did believe and had a desire to pray for those who were involved in
that tragic situation. I admit, it was a small private school and not a public school, so there was
no issue of separating church and state....the government was not involved in our school. The
school was run off of a dowry and money contributed by the alumni and the tuition. Still, I can't
see how offering a quite time which would allow for prayer would be offensive to many. I don't
think it could or should be forced on those who do not wish to pray and I don't think that any
particular religion should be addressed. |
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There should be a religious session in each school for each person to pray or worship in their
religious ways, and a RE/sociology teacher can help organise this or such. |
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Well initially I was gonna disagree, with the title. But I am sure you mean, prayer by the
individual's choice. Then by all means. There is someone who prays one of his five times in the
library for his Salat or something. He is Muslim |
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Unless a student has a religious requirement to pray during normal class time I don’t believe
prayer has a place in school. And even then you should simply set aside an area where the students
in question may have privacy to complete their obligations. |
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I personally don't believe that this would be right. What about the people who have a different
religion? That's like asking a Muslim to read the Torah and celebrate Hannukah. Not only is it wrong
but its very disrespectful. |
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An Atheist or even an Agnostic isn't going to want to pray. Also, there's a lot of prejudice against
some religious views; there shouldn't be a compulsory prayer session. It could cause more harm than
good. |
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An individual is allowed to pray at any point during the school hours. You can pray between classes,
during lunch, during the moment of silence after the pledge of allegiance, etc. No one can prevent
anyone from praying during school hours (unless it’s disruptive). So what’s the point to all
this mumbo jumbo about prayer needing a designated time frame during class? That doesn’t make any
sense. If no one has to join in on the prayer, there’s no point in making a specific time frame by
which it takes place for everyone since it can already be applied whenever the individual wants it
to. Why make others have to wait for you to get done praying when you can just do it on your own
time, which, as already said, could be anytime.
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I would not see it working, public schools include people of many different faiths so it may not
encourage equality. Also it is important to consider the fact that many in people in school are also
of no faith and have no desire to pray. |
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People in public schools do not all follow the same religion. It is unfair and improper to force
people to prayer to someone else's god and beliefs |
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General assembly prayers in assemblies made up of people who do not share the same urge to pray are
stupid. |
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I don't understand. Are you saying that we should waste the time of the other religions, who don't
pray, and atheists so that the Christians and other praying religions can pray. There's a reason why
the state doesn't allow it. It has absolutely nothing to do with school and has no reason to be
there. |
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08 May 2009 03:44
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