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A thread with a religious email cut pasted into it turned into something a bit more. I brought my thoughts into a new thread because I didn't want to 'muck' up the other one with them.
What I read in the original content was our right to pray and be respected for it. It does upset me that prayer has all but been eliminated from our schools, so instead I teach my child to bow his head and pray before he eats. I live in a small community where they hold a prayer service at the opening of the Little League season, the coaches pray with their team before they head out onto the field. The same goes for football and basketball sporting events. Those who do not believe in God, or even Christians version of God.. simply bow their heads in respect and use that moment for private reflection.
Someone said that Christians need to act superior to others. It amazes me that people, intelligent people, make such generalizations about one religion. There are the good and the bad in all walks of life, religions and belief systems. I don't doubt that there aren't some Christians who do feel as though they are superior; who act smug because others who are not believers will be in the firey pits of Hell while they are living in the comfort of Heaven. But don't make the mistake that all Christians feel this way.
I respect people, no matter what their belief system is.. if they choose not to pray I don't condemn them for not. All I ask for in return is to be allowed to express my religious convictions without condemnation or to be stereotyped.
What I read in the original content was our right to pray and be respected for it. It does upset me that prayer has all but been eliminated from our schools, so instead I teach my child to bow his head and pray before he eats. I live in a small community where they hold a prayer service at the opening of the Little League season, the coaches pray with their team before they head out onto the field. The same goes for football and basketball sporting events. Those who do not believe in God, or even Christians version of God.. simply bow their heads in respect and use that moment for private reflection.
Someone said that Christians need to act superior to others. It amazes me that people, intelligent people, make such generalizations about one religion. There are the good and the bad in all walks of life, religions and belief systems. I don't doubt that there aren't some Christians who do feel as though they are superior; who act smug because others who are not believers will be in the firey pits of Hell while they are living in the comfort of Heaven. But don't make the mistake that all Christians feel this way.
I respect people, no matter what their belief system is.. if they choose not to pray I don't condemn them for not. All I ask for in return is to be allowed to express my religious convictions without condemnation or to be stereotyped.
