If children would only pray more

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[CatMor]

1. What they probably pray for in school is not to get shot and killed.

[lame54]

2. At least they'd be in crouched position...

Harder to hit

[onecaliberal]

3. I can't

[BootinUp]

4. Me neither. Nt

[mr_lebowski]

5. I will give the 3 Fox idiots tiny props, at least 4 the PICTURE, they DO look like they're thinking

"YEAH BULLSHIT DUDE!"

So maybe there's SOME hope ...

[Archae]

6. This is a typical RW talking point, and it's absolutely bullshit.

Kids can pray whenever they want, ON THEIR OWN.

These clowns want mandated prayer, like it was back in "the good old days."

All public school kids were required to take Bible classes and say mandatory prayers, which were usually Baptist in origin.

It was other faiths that raised a stink, and now kids can pray like they feel like.
(As long as it doesn't disrupt other classmates or teachers)

[mr_lebowski]

9. School must be way different where you live ...

When I was growing up in Socialist CA in the 1970's, the teachers were on high alert for any sign of anyone 'praying in school'. You so much as clasped your hands together on your desk, closed your eyes and looked downward, all hell would break loose!

I still have nightmares of the way my teachers would transmogrify into 15ft tall, Red-Skinned, Horned Hell-Beasts (you ever seen Tim Curry in Legend? It was like that!), towering over me.

Then they'd lean down, putting their face just inches from mine ... their fiery breath reeking of Brimstone (actually maybe it was cheap coffee and cigarettes, now that I think about it), and bellow out, in like a 30Hz deep voice "LEBOWSKI, ARE YOU PRAYING!?! AT SCHOOL!?! TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE, NOW!!!".

Sometimes there'd be flames popping from the floor around them as they said it, too.

And what was REALLY freaky was SOMETIMES ... the teachers voice ... came out BACKWARDS, you know, like on Stairway to Heaven? But YET ... somehow I STILL UNDERSTOOD!?!

Of course I'd get to the principal's office, and s/he wouldn't even look at me, all they'd ever say is "Know what kid? Tell it to THE COPS when they Get Here!"

Then my folks would have to bail me out of Juvie, the local paper would run an embarrassing piece about me, you know, the whole 9 yards ... they didn't f*** around, man!

[MineralMan]

7. There has been no sign of any deities around changing things

for a couple of thousand years, even if you believe in all that stuff. There's no evidence prayer in schools or anywhere else, for that matter, does anything at all to change events.

The Texas Lieutenant Governor is a moron. Send him over to talk to the El Paso shooter for a while. Let him ask the shooter about his religious beliefs.

I'm not listening!

[DemoTex]

8. Harry Crews in "The Gospel Singer" ..

"Pray in one hand, spit in the other, and see which hand fills up first."

[delisen]

10. Bullet-Stopping Prayers are all the rage among Republican pols

Voter can buy a box of 365 Bullet-Stopping Prayers for a generous donation to the RNC or the NRA and you will be protected for an entire year. (Buyer beware:no guarantee included with purchase).