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From: yudelson@aecom.UUCP (Larry Yudelson)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion,net.flame
Subject: Re: School prayer
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Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 12:10:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 12:10:08 1984
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	So the public schools should teach that religion is the
root of all evil, that religion is all a gigantic lie, etc. etc. etc.???

	Is this any better than what Falwell is trying to slam down our
throats?  I think that if you look at recent history, you'll see that
the effects of small groups feuding against each other  is nowhere
as dangerous as One Unified Nation with whatever ideology its leader
chooses.  I have my doubts about the long-term effects of a society where
children can play chess but can't pray at school; I also am terrified
of a society where everyone must say the same prayer, be it Billy Graham's
or Bertrand Russell's.  

	Perhaps the solution is what I followed: private schools.  I 
was able to play chess and pray before school; both my chess game and
religious life are the better for it.  Perhaps a free-market approach
to education would be a lot better approach than a big-brother approach
to both education or religion.

	I have more to say on the subject, but I might as well wait
for the flames to roll in, to mismangle a metaphor

	"Beware the Frumiest Bandersnatch"

	Larry Yudelson