und me did. As I grew older and refused to pray, and I was asked to at least stand in respect of the others praying. For most of my education I was chastised for my beliefs. If school prayer is instituted in public schools this will cause an unneeded sense of division between those that believe in God and those that do not. Because the Untied States is predominately Christian the prayers will most likely reflect Christian values. This leaves others out that do believe in God but are not Christian, such as Jewish and Muslim children. To call school prayer voluntary is absurd. Children, especially young ones, will usually follow the actions of the majority. Children will most likely say these prayers whether it is their religion or not. This is unconstitutional because it allows the government to infringe religious beliefs on the people. Prayer is a private matter and has no business in the public school setting. Religious parents should spend more time instituting their religious values in their children at home rather than relying on the public education system. The Bible itself states that prayer is better to be done in private. Refer to Mathew 6:5-6 :“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. But though, when thou prayest enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.” If parents want their children to be reminded of God throughout the day parents can always send their children to privately run religious schools.Geisler even goes as far, in reason number ten, to basically say that the opinion of the minority population does not count. The Untied States laws advocate religious freedom for all, not for the majority only. To impose the majority’s beliefs on the minority, solely on the basis that they are a majority is unfai...
