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Prayer should be kept out of schools, reader says

Dear Editor, Should we keep prayer private and maximize public school resources for a worldly education? The answer is yes. The Lord’s Prayer is not needed in school.

Dear Editor,

Should we keep prayer private and maximize public school resources for a worldly education?

The answer is yes. The Lord’s Prayer is not needed in school.

As a Christian, I understand the focus of public schools is on education in language arts, math, social studies, physical science, art, biology, etcetera. Metaphysics (religion) belongs to church and home.

It is ironic that many Christians feel teachers are not qualified to teach sex education (biology), yet they want teachers to lead their children in prayer, which is a metaphysical matter. There is a disconnect.

I believe parents are downloading their responsibility to teachers.

Instruction in prayer must be taught in the home and at church. Perhaps parents are too busy or too lazy to meet the challenge of indepth parenting.

Prayer is a personal matter. A person converses with God on their own time and in a private place. For example, Moses ventured out on his own to pray and he returned with the Ten Commandment tablets. Jesus also left the disciples on numerous occassions to pray.

Alone and in private space, that is how I pray. Public schools must allocate their resources wisely and avoid prayer time and prayer rooms.

Let public schools focus on core curriculum. Students who refuse to participate in prayer, could be isolated. Isolation leads to segregation and nobody wants that in a public school.

Let the school concentrate on a wordly education. The home and church nurture the young in the metaphysics.

John Gertz

Barrhead

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