On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 03:43:48PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > "Do you mean like the right to not have the government telling you > when, where, why & how to pray, along with who to pray to?" > > I have many complaints about our government, but they have never told > me when, where, why and how to pray, or to whom to pray."
I grew up as one of very few jews in the schools that I went to. I always felt uncomfortable around Christmas because one of the class activities was singing Christmas carols. Christmas carols are, in effect, prayers, at the very least statements of belief in Christ as the son of God. At 52, I am perhaps a little more flexible in my beliefs, but back in grade school, it sure felt like I was being coerced into praying to gods that I didn't believe in. Granted, if you're a Christian, Christmas singing carols might not seem like praying to you. But how would you have felt if everyone else in your class was participating in Muslim or Hindu rituals? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
