Comments on: School Prayer http://www.sourapplesblog.com/2009/01/26/school-prayer/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Whitney http://www.sourapplesblog.com/2009/01/26/school-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Whitney Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:24:45 +0000 http://elliottcallahan.com/blog2/?p=158#comment-34 Thank you Ryan O'Brien for your input for I too have a prayer ritual which would be inappropriate in a classroom setting. I worship Satan and so, a few times a day, I must recite Latin verse backwards, rather loudly. Often, this is accompanied with masturbating using a crucifix. I would feel so awkward and left out if Christians got to pray at school. Thank you Ryan O’Brien for your input for I too have a prayer ritual which would be inappropriate in a classroom setting. I worship Satan and so, a few times a day, I must recite Latin verse backwards, rather loudly. Often, this is accompanied with masturbating using a crucifix. I would feel so awkward and left out if Christians got to pray at school.

]]> By: Ryan O'Brien http://www.sourapplesblog.com/2009/01/26/school-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Ryan O'Brien Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:49:28 +0000 http://elliottcallahan.com/blog2/?p=158#comment-33 Some good points. I believe the "In God We Trust" stuff came about in the '50s as a rebuff to the communism of the Soviet Union and was a small salvo fired in the Cold War. You know, to differentiate us from the godless heathen. As far as a moment of silence or silent prayer in schools, I find this highly discriminatory. I personally practice a form of prayer which includes "spinning," similar to that done by the "Whirling Dervishes." Granted this is a form of non-verbal prayer and can be done silently but would certainly be disruptive in a classroom situation and would undoubtedly not be permitted in during "moments of silence." Hence, I do my spinning on my own time and not during school or work hours. Some good points. I believe the “In God We Trust” stuff came about in the ’50s as a rebuff to the communism of the Soviet Union and was a small salvo fired in the Cold War. You know, to differentiate us from the godless heathen.

As far as a moment of silence or silent prayer in schools, I find this highly discriminatory. I personally practice a form of prayer which includes “spinning,” similar to that done by the “Whirling Dervishes.” Granted this is a form of non-verbal prayer and can be done silently but would certainly be disruptive in a classroom situation and would undoubtedly not be permitted in during “moments of silence.” Hence, I do my spinning on my own time and not during school or work hours.

]]> By: Ryan O'Brien http://www.sourapplesblog.com/2009/01/26/school-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Ryan O'Brien Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:49:28 +0000 http://elliottcallahan.com/blog2/?p=158#comment-55 Some good points. I believe the "In God We Trust" stuff came about in the '50s as a rebuff to the communism of the Soviet Union and was a small salvo fired in the Cold War. You know, to differentiate us from the godless heathen. As far as a moment of silence or silent prayer in schools, I find this highly discriminatory. I personally practice a form of prayer which includes "spinning," similar to that done by the "Whirling Dervishes." Granted this is a form of non-verbal prayer and can be done silently but would certainly be disruptive in a classroom situation and would undoubtedly not be permitted in during "moments of silence." Hence, I do my spinning on my own time and not during school or work hours. Some good points. I believe the “In God We Trust” stuff came about in the ’50s as a rebuff to the communism of the Soviet Union and was a small salvo fired in the Cold War. You know, to differentiate us from the godless heathen.

As far as a moment of silence or silent prayer in schools, I find this highly discriminatory. I personally practice a form of prayer which includes “spinning,” similar to that done by the “Whirling Dervishes.” Granted this is a form of non-verbal prayer and can be done silently but would certainly be disruptive in a classroom situation and would undoubtedly not be permitted in during “moments of silence.” Hence, I do my spinning on my own time and not during school or work hours.

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