prayer being banned
By plb9201
@plb9201 (140)
United States
October 30, 2010 7:04am CST
hi it is just horribble that your city council people cannot pray before their sessions. you want to see lower taxes on your town and the best dissions that are made who knows mabye you kids need a playground or you may need a trasport system just say yes to prayer. rember nine eleven evryone you seen and talked to were praying and in church now every one has fallen back asleep our troops are in war right now and i know we need to pray for them.god bless our troops
2 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
30 Oct 10
Because a City Council is a civil body, not a religious one (and nor should it be - Church and State should be kept separate), it is not appropriate for it to have an organised prayer session before its meetings.
This in no way prevents individual council members from praying for guidance for themselves and for the meeting as a whole. Jesus Himself, while instructing his disciples, said that it was much better to pray alone and in private than in public where others might see one and so be tempted to think a person better than he is.
@RizeSeeker92 (16)
• Singapore
30 Oct 10
Prayers are being ban in some countries. I hate the council for doing this as i can see most of the members in the council are atheist. You can't blame them for that. A prayer would definitely increase our moral if i do so myself.
