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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:34 PM Original message |
Why is the lack of school prayer blamed when a kid does a bad thing? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. More people are killed in the name of God than any other thing |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everybody exploits it for their own pet issues. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. bingo. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "Why? Because they're jerks?" |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because it's simplistic and jingoistic and it allows the speaker to absolve |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. People want simple solutions to complex problems |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uneducated, Unelightened People Always React With Religion |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe the kid is just an evil little prick. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think we should start blaming crimes by religious people on prayer |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because no Christian has ever murdered another person |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because people who pray (to Jeebus) are pure as the driven snow |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because they are delusional and believe... |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd point out that during the years there was prayer in schools |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. They used the Bible to support their racism & segregation with verses |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. 2 + 2 = 5 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because Religionist bigots assume us secular people can't be moral people. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Prayer is only part of the solution. |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because forced prayer is tool to isolate those who are different |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because just praying at home doesn't appease Our Dark Lord. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Why does their God need to have his ass kissed to protect kids from being shot to death? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. bob hope's comment on lack of prayer in schools "now kids will actually have to study to |
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