I don't understand all the uproar over the "National Day of Prayer." Emotions are running high on both sides. Evangelists think they are being robbed of "an opportunity to pray voluntarily according to their own faith." Atheists think their civil rights are being trampled by a nation that refuses to recognize the constitutional seperation of church and state.
What purpose does the National Day of Prayer serve? Does it open any channels of communication with God that aren't already open? Shouldn't every day be a day of prayer? That's like having a National Day of Breathing. It doesn't provide any additional opportunities to speak with God.
And then there are the opponents. Who takes up the cause against prayer? If you are an atheist, why does it even bother you? If you don't believe in prayer, then you don't need to worry about it! And you must be terribly naive, and a very poor historian to think that the founding fathers had a prayerless nation in mind when they composed the constitution.
I don't really understand the need for a National Day of Prayer. But it disappoints me that there are Americans who so passionately and vocally oppose prayer.
If someone were to propose to me that we have a National Day of Prayer, I would have said, "Why?"
But to those who have taken up the cause of abolishing the National Day of Prayer I say, "Why!?!"
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Did you hear about the kids in NoCal that got kicked out of school for wearing clothing with the American flag on it on cinco de mayo (aka May 5 since we're in america.) A freaking shame I tell you.
i agree, miles. you know what i've been thinking about lately? i think our nation is bored and that's why we keep talking about and legislating about things that don't matter. remember when the nation was splitting in two and there were slaves in the south? that was worth talking about and legislating about. we got super rich and super bored so we created welfare and its been about the same ever since...
not that i dont think health care and terror are important issues to address... i'm just saying... it used to be different and i think i would've enjoyed arguing about those things a lot more
I have to agree about what you said and Rebekah's comment. People who have time to become passionate about stupid things need more going on in their lives. They're always doing this. I read recently about people trying to get rid of the crosses on the highways where people died. Or to get rid of a statue of the Ten Commandments that's sitting in a public park. I mean, come on.
yeah, I suppose their are bigger things the goverment should worry about. Why get involved in the thick of thin things?
I think it is an attempt to devide americans, the national day of prayer is so polititons can pander to the masses, and the people against it are pandering to the masses as well. Nobody has been oppressed by christians, and we are not all going to go to hell if there are non believers, just like it has been for milinia. Some believe some don't. In the end you can't crawl into someones head and force them to believe or not.
I as an avout christian wonder why we need a national day of prayer, having to be directed to pray seems to defeat the porpose
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