Where it is a bad idea Kris, is that it sends a message that other religions are not welcome here. Also, unless they have multiple prayers or rotate chaplains from different religions, it is discriminating. When a prayer is allowed, 9 times out of 10 it is going to be a Christian prayer. Now put you feet in the shoes of an atheist or a Muslim, or a Pagan who might have to sit through that prayer that is more than likely from a religion that advocated the demise of their faith or has been a genocidal force over the millennia against your faith and its followers. It's an all or nothing deal. Either you allow all faiths to be represented or you allow none. Personally, I find most Christian prayers to be highly offensive. If I had my way, there would be no prayers at any public events...not even from my own faith. If I want to pray, I can do it on my own time.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Kris Sisk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:03 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Sarah Palin says American law should be based on the ten commandments > Judeo-Christian. There's a difference. Still not true. The majority of the men who signed the Constitution were either Deists or Humanists. Neither of which is Judeo-Christian. Acknowledging the existance of a higher power that every religion with the exception of a couple founded in the last couple hundred years acknowledges does not make a Judeo-Christian foundation. I agree that public prayer should be allowed. Show me how a government official saying a prayer infringes on the rights of an athiest any more than outlawing that prayer infringes on his own rights and I might change my mind. But don't fool yourself into thinking our government evolved from any kind of religious belief. The founding fathers knew that there were some good ideas in the Bible and borrowed them, just like they borrowed some ideas from many other sources. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317937 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
