<p>Actually, I think catholic prep schools, along with catholic universities, get government money</p>
<p>democrat on every issue</p>
<p>Actually, some Catholic schools refuse to be patronized by government money because they feel accepting the money would give the government the right of dictating how the school(and potentially the church) should be run.</p>
<p>Green Party FTW</p>
<p>Exactly as Penn said...</p>
<p>Religion isolates people (both participants and outsiders, in different ways, respectively). Public schools should be strong, safe, and supportive communities where no one feels threatened or ostracized. Because religion inarguably divides people, it has no place in a public school setting.</p>
<p>No school should have a "moment of silence" (certainly a prayer time in actuality) because non-religious people could feel pressured to participate.</p>
<p>At my school, the only religious group on campus allowed to advertise its meetings through announcements and flyers is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Muslim Student Association, Gay-Straight Alliance, etc., are forced to rely only on word-of-mouth. This type of preferential treatment to one religious group is totally wrong as well.</p>
<p>...but instead of ostracizing religion altogether, why can't there be support for all religions?</p>
<p>For those who say that'll never happen, having a completely atheist setting won't either...</p>
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<p>Well, the only way to not participate would be to talk, and that could percivably be seen as interrupting. If they don't force their respective religion on you, why can't they have thier 10 seconds of silence?</p>
<p>I don't understand something about tolerance. Why is it that we have to tolerate school without any religion, but not school with all religions (which would include atheism, I suppose)?</p>
<p>At my university, USC, athiesm is one of the groups in the Religious Life department. Weird.</p>
<p>And yes, I believe in evolution, but why couldn't it be God just saying, "OK, i just need to make a little adjustment here, alright, there we go, good to go."</p>
<p>People pray during moments of silence.</p>
<p>Those who aren't praying are noticeably not participating.</p>
<p>And if you've ever heard of a public high school that has included all religions successfully (I haven't--it's next to impossible not to offend people when mixing church and state), let me know, because I'd love to go there.</p>
<p>I believe in evolution, but I don't think we're all an accident. Humans are all too beautiful and purposeful to be just a random combination of cells. :)</p>
<p>But it's not like we're asking to have a church/synagogue/temple/religious worshipping place built. Just one minute out of an 8 hour day to pray, if desired.</p>
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Agreed. I think God sent out the seed, and natural selection took its place. I don't believe that random atoms just came together and created life.</p>
<p>I agree about the God and Evolution thing. </p>
<p>About the moment of silence, though...in my experience they're pretty much pointless. Hardly anyone prays during them. They'd rather just show off how religious they are through group prayers before events.</p>
<p>i am pounding my head against a wall here. i still disagree with a few of the above (a few) opinions. Schools are a place purely for learning, and need not be mixed up in all this BS. Prayers, moments of silence, and all the rest have no place in schools. In fact, it is completely contradictory to include religious activities or anything pertaining to it in schools. I think it's important to LEARN about and be aware of different religions, i.e. Judaism/Christianity/Muslim... in the 21st century, but these should not include any activities that would subject an individual/student to compromise his or her beliefs. But how can a person expect to learn in a school that claims it has all the truths? Education is a search for truths, a search for something higher, and religious contradicts this, at every level. I am not atheist by the way, but I think the two should not be put together at once.</p>
<p>"Prayers, moments of silence, and all the rest have no place in schools. In fact, it is completely contradictory to include religious activities or anything pertaining to it in schools"</p>
<p>Um, my best friend is Muslim...what do you want him to do during the times his religion requires him to pray? not do it? haha...thats not a good idea. I dont think schools should teach religion, they dont tell you all about it, I'm still learning *** Islam's believe in...and its better to not know then claim you do and insult someone. Education doesnt answer all truths though...thus we have religion</p>
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<p>Isn't the search for divine truth and something higher the very reasons religions were made?</p>
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It helps to get the terminology right. Islam is the religion. Followers of Islam are called Muslims.</p>
<p>I actually would love to take a religions class that discusses the world's 5 most practiced religions.</p>
<p>bmanbs2- yes some religions do not claim to have all the truths and encourage followers to question, for instance the Catholic religion encourages people to ask lots of questions before taking a vow of conversion. However, the majority of religions in this world do NOT allow questioning. Many evangelicals, for instance, claim to have all the truths already. In general though, religion essentially exists to provide humans with an explanation/reason for our existence on earth. </p>
<p>me.duh- thanks for clearing up the terminology, that always confused me.</p>
<p>No prob. =)</p>
<p>As for learning what they believe in, does your friend go to weekly classes? Because you could go with him to a few of those. Or just check online or at bookstores.</p>
<p>I'm a huge religion freak. I love them all. I just can't keep a lot of them straight anymore. -_-;</p>
<p>or instance the Catholic religion encourages people to ask lots of questions before taking a vow of conversion.</p>
<p>But once you convert, you're stuck. At least that's what they told Galilleo.</p>