Re: FOR prayer in public school
Posted by sru on 5/07/08
On 6/29/07, Angela wrote: > Why do you think life is so rush rush and both parents have to > work for less wages because of politicians? Answer: Because so > many people don't live a life focused on Christ and aren't > praying for those politicians to make right decisions. My life > is filled with joy because of Jesus Christ. I am very well > educated, am a teacher and business owner, yet I believe in God > and that prayer is a must in my life! It keeps me going. FAITH > is valuable. There are many statistics that show direct > correlation between the absence of prayer and decrease of moral > values beginning in 1962/1963. What is the standard of moral > truth? If there is no God then who sets the standard? In this > case each person would set their own moral beliefs...the results > of this are obvious. What if there is a heaven? Anyone who has > committed a single sin/wrong doing, including myself and > everyone else living on earth, even the smallest of sins, > wouldn't be allowed to enter(Romans 3:23). Thankfully Jesus > Christ, God's son and the only sinless person, died on a cross > as a perfect sacrfice for our sins. He took our sins upon > himself (Romans 6:23, 5:8). Later he rose from the dead and > ascended to heaven. It's belief in him and by making him our > Lord and savior that we can be saved and go to heaven one day > instead of being placed with Satan in eternal Hell(Romans 10:9- > 10,13). God loves us so much that he made a way for us (John > 3:16). Jesus is the only way(John 14:6). It's our decision to > accept it. > > > > > On 7/16/05, Ellen wrote: >> God has nothing to do with it...you can have values without >> God...I am an atheist and a teacher and have decent values...I >> teach the unit on religion in American society and I understand >> how important it is however the problem is not God, the problem >> is the increasing pace of modern life...the rush rush rush and >> no time to spend time with family because now mom and dad both >> have to work for less wages due to politicians sending our jobs >> overseas and giving tax breaks to the rich...Prop. 13 also >> caused a decline here in California...you can have good values >> without a belief in a Supreme Being..... >> >> On 7/14/05, prayer works wrote: >>> When we took God out of public school, we started a long >>> decline. >>> >>> Our biggest problems in school used to be talking and >>> chewing gum....now they are guns, violence, rape, gangs, >>> teen pregnancy, etc. >>> >>> Our schools are headed DOWNHILL without God and the proof is >>> overwhelming in the statistics.....
I'm sorry, but what statistics? conducted by whom? and where are they? I'm not for or against, rather still in the process of being convinced which is which and which is correct.
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