(1) What's the big fuss about the pledge of allegiance? It seems to me that a pledge of allegiance has to come from the heart; it cannot be a result of coercion. A required recital of the pledge has always seemed foolish. Children will likely recite it as if meaningless mumbo-jumbo. It will do nothing to instill patriotism. Surely it would be more effective to spend the time on American history.
(2) Why the concern about school prayer? Sure, I do agree that it is a constitutional problem, and that there should not be teacher led prayer. But why is there so much passion over the issue?
I have always thought of teacher led prayer as a way of teaching children to disrespect religion. It seems to me that atheists should be happy with the practice. And then we have
Matt 6.6 writes:
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
So it seems that public prayer, whether in the schools or elsewhere, is anti-Christian. Why aren't fundy groups opposed to such prayer?
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