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From: za56@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (Brian McNeill)
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Subject: Re: Scopes II
Message-ID: <3498@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU>
Date: Sun, 3-Aug-86 10:26:36 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  3 10:26:36 1986
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Keywords: school prayer, Scopes II
Summary: Keep prayer out of schools
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In article <2442@watdcsu.UUCP> dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) writes:
>Well, as any fundamentalist Christian will tell you, exposing
>non-Christian children to Christian ideas (by means of school prayer)
>doesn't deprive them of their religious freedoms.  Similarly, exposing
>Christian children to non-Christian ideas doesn't deprive them of
>religious freedom either.
>
>So I just can't see what their problem is...

I agree.  More over it's considerably fairer.  The fundamentalist
Christians tend to overlook the fact that there are more faiths
in the world than theirs.  To be fair, you'd have to include 
moments of prayers for Hindus, Moslems, Jews, Zoroastrians, Shintos,
Druids, Celts, etc (ad infinitum).  In fact, I dont even think
you could get all the sects of Christianity to agree together on
one prayer (In fact, I'm sure of it).  I am also against those
who are for a moment of silence because of the religious connotation
that idea has had added to it over the years.  Peer pressure is
a tremendous weapon, as I, and no doubt many others have found
out.

>-- 
>David Canzi             "In your heart you know it's flat."

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