Basically Im saying that the government should be secular. Using the FBI data, the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and 2019, with large decreases in the rates of robbery (-68%), murder/non-negligent manslaughter (-47%) and aggravated assault (-43%). Juvenile violent crime arrest rates have increased from 13.7 to 40 per 10,000 population. Kids and teachers can still prayer in school. of the word and a center Police departments across the US define violent crime in slightly different ways, but the data generally includes murder, robbery, assault and rape. But if someone wants to pray, let them praysilently to themselves. Our schools are just a breeding place for non-believers to pull in more and more people until eventually the school is one giant Satan filled hole. The end times will bring great termoil on the face of the earth.read the Bible and see for yourself. Your problem here is the first amendment either you allow it for everyone, or you allow it for nobody. The school shouldnt be responsible for teaching our kids to pray. When did this become the governments job? Read some laws before snap-judgements are made.The staff of the school cannnot force or deny anybody the ability to pray.As for moral decline, maybe bible-bashing your child caused rebellion. The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developed democracies, sometimes spectacularly so. Indeed, the U.S. scores the highest in religiosity and the highest (by far) in homicides, STDs, abortions, and teen pregnancies. Who are you all to say that we need God in our lives. here is the link..http://signon.org/sign/dear-god?source=c.url&rby=. Listen, you cant soley blame depleting morals based on the removal of God from schools. We will seal our eternal fates right here on Earth as this is a practice life for the eternal life to come. Engle v. Vitale simply protected kids from compulsory prayer, conducted under state auspices. If there are children of any other religion, then they should be allowed to have the same time to worship. Try reading the BIBLE and see what it says. 6 Violent incidents include serious violent incidents (see footnote 7) as well as physical attacks or fights without a weapon and threat of physical attacks without a weapon. In the North American continent, people were allowed to worship as they thought fit for Christ, not as the state forced them to. If you want your children to pray in school send them to a religious based schools and not on tax payers back. From most of the comments on this issue, one would think that nothing bad ever happened in school before prayer was banned. Church attendance has continued to decline. Percentage of public schools recording one or more incidents of crime at school and rate of incidents per 1,000 students, by type of incident and whether the incident was reported to sworn law enforcement: School year 201920. crime rate since prayer was taken out of schools. Eric Hovind wants everyone to be a HERO. Bellingham, Mass: Stall Brook Elementary School decided to change the words to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" to "We Love the USA," at a pep assembly in April. Before I share, try to understand that I am of a time and a race of people that have faith in that which has become lost. Prayer is a frontal attack on the notion that mankind is in autonomous control of his own destiny and an insult to those who believe that friends, possessions, or power can bring meaning or joy. Jefferson never said that the separation between church and state meant that the churchs ideas and morality could not be expressed in the public square or have influence in the decisions of our national, state, and local governments. Never known of anyone that has been hurt by prayer. The ONLY reason! As a child and to feel protected by God, a myth that some seem to say I need to prove He lives. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing That would be like me telling you that in order to go to my school, you must worship the devil. It was written long before you and I got here. Look at it from not a religious point. From 2009 to 2020, the total victimization rate decreased for students ages 1218, both at school and away from school.3 The total victimization rate at school decreased from 51 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2009 to 30 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2019. There is no longer an absolute and just legal basis for judging between a man and his brother, much less a man and his neighbor (Deuteronomy 1:16, 17). 2 Serious violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual assault other than rape, physical attacks or fights with a weapon, threat of physical attacks with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon. supported prayers given by School-associated violent deaths also include those that occurred while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at school or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an official school-sponsored event. hi.i am a 35year old lady who would love to see prayer back in the schools. It is this kind of thinking that has created a mass exodus from the church by people my age. Really? Do you have any statistics on school crime? Box 138030, I dont want to listen to my classmates pray. We think we are so much wiser, yet we cannot even have some of the freedoms that some other countries have today. 9 in Hyde Park, New York had violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by directing the districts' principals to cause the following prayer to be said aloud by each class in the presence of a teacher at the beginning of each school day: "Almighty God, we . We cant let these bad people get away with the things that they are doing. In 1945 when the horrors of the Auschwitz and Belsen concentration camps were discovered, General Eisenhower said Photograph everything you see here; for its a certainty that some day in the future some b*****d will deny it ever happened. As Edmund Burke, correctly noted in 1795, The only thing of evil is for good men to do nothing. As with all truths, this is still applicable today. Ingram documents and points out that a broad, organized attack reaching into high places is under way to remove the third commandment from legal standing in the United States and throughout the world. He points out that, the World Court, for example, presumably the new fountain of justice, or a prototype of the socialist dream of world government, has no provision fortaking the name of God no oath. The Socialist agenda of world domination makes no place for solemn swearing between individuals. This leaves the choice of whether to pray or not to pray completely up to the student. 8 spiritual secrets for multiplying your money. Meaning, we should pray all the time. To make matters worse, the school districts (who must shoulder their fair share of the blame) do not impose any real behavioral expectations for fear of lawsuits being brought by dysfunctional people who raising their children to be, well, dysfunctional people. Teen pregnancy has almost tripled from 15.3 to 43.5 per 1,000 teen-age girls. Do you have any advice on how to start to get people together and have the law changed and to allow school prayer back so it will be constitutional? Boston: A family sued to take the words "under God" out of the . Box 138030, If it helps you live, good! Wheres the one about the countries that have had prayer banned from schools for far longer than the United States, yet have a better economy and lower crime rate? As a Christian, I believe prayer affects our lives. If the executives at the Of course, Margaret and I explained to him no matter what the other kids did, he was going to stay in the classroom and participate. repent and turn back to God I go to a Christian school but am tansferring to a public school soon. I dont care. Prayer to Stop School Violence,and the Boycott I am only praying to a loving Father, who hears my prayers and that is what matters most. Many of these kids come to school with absolutely no work ethic, no moral compass, and no sense of respect for anyone including themselves. Rita I agree with everything you just said. These are different. The fact is that as long as we were a praying nation in school and in government we were truly a blessed nation. That may be your opinion, by my opinion is that we, as a nation, are advancing in our intellect and becoming better because of our increasing curiousity and logical thinking. A ruling in 1961, I believe, paved the way for stripping the Lords name from our childrens lips. Our country has lost morales and respect for God. Once acknowledgement of Gods existence is removed, there is no absolute basis for morals, and a free society drifts toward anarchy. The June 25, 1962 ruling by the Supreme Court was Engel v. Vitale, the first in a string of decisions that seemed to rule God and the Bible out of our public schools. There is Muslims and satanists and people who worship a toad at my school. We started as a Christian Country. That phrase Easy as that. well if taking prayer out of school isnt helping then maybe some parents need to get off the pot and take control of their kids. These types of Christians only care about themselves and THEIR beliefs. I really liked this artical. I will fight against it until my last breath. Those are healthy ways to relieve stress since its not teaching you to run over cops or hurt innocent people and there are rules to follow. In the first three weeks of this year, crime rates have skyrocketed by 61% compared to last year, according to police. Theres absolutely nothing stopping kids from bringing God into schools with them in their hearts and minds. Proponents of having prayer in schools say that its removal in the 1960s was a trigger that may have caused SAT scores to drop, teenage suicide rates to increase, and divorce rates to rise since there is no longer a public acknowledgment of God's existence in the classroom. If anythinf, theres still private school out there to send our kids. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Did we not have prayer in school when human slavery was the law of the land and when we fought one of the worst wars in human history over salvery and politics? It can happen. The school Chaos is only the beginning of whats to come if God continues to be put second, third or fourth and not first. He never has. The government once it ruled on religious practice in the schools, crossed that high wall which was to separate church and state. Since prayer was removed from public school classrooms in 1962, we have had a six-fold increase in violent crime, our divorce rate has tripled, births to single mothers have increased five-fold, the teenage suicide rate has tripled, and SAT scores (standardized college entrance test) have dropped 80 points (approximately 10%). About IOT; The Saillant System; Flow Machine. by Thomas Jefferson to a group Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. That means Jesus Christ is the center of everything we do. This country was founded on the principle of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. All of you are complaining about how we are trying to force our religion on you but look at yourselves, you all a trying to force our religion out of us as well. People always want to simple explanations for complex problems. In 2019, about 5 percent of students ages 1218 reported that they had been afraid of attack or harm at school10 during the school year, which is higher than the percentage of students (3 percent) who reported that they had been afraid of attack or harm away from school during the school year. The following morning I was waiting for the principal in the school parking lot. I am a christian but I attend a public, secular college university. So learn to respect others and their beliefs. Prayer should be back in school to give these kids that are going up a sense of belief, trust and fear of God, because kids these days think they could do anything they want to and get away with it. any kid can pray to any god at school. I found this article while doing some research for an English paper. Figure 6: Crime, productivity, and national morality had been on a fairly stable level prior to the 1962 decision, but that is no longer the case. God is too powerful and so are his believers, If a 5 min prayer in our schools was so powerful as to have made such a differance in our nation then how powerful would it be if families committed to at least 5 minutes of prayer together in their homes daily? I find it funny that neither the author nor the most of commentators seem to understand the concept of separation of church and state.They seem to think their particular religion(christianity) deserve special priviledges.Secularism is fair for everyone. Its amazing all the people who I agree with the writer that said it is not the schools responsibility to teach prayer, it is the parents. Now you mentioned about Japan. This school allowed a Satanist religious group, but when some one asked about a Christian group for the Christians, they wouldnt allow it. My children were allowed to worship god freely. More of the same is not the answer. I Dont believe Prayer should be banned from school. Our nation is doomed to fall if we the Christians do not start to fall on our knees and humble ourselves before the Almighty God. What we are doing will only be a pin prick against the system, but it will. Lamentably, moderate and liberal Muslims have been mute as there leftist ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other Muslim terrorists groups have killed, crucified, maimed, incarcerate, and tortured thousands upon thousands of Christians in Iran, Iraq, Kurdish, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Phillipines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Lincoln said, quote, While a higher power may exist, I do not bow down to it. And in spite of what you believe the word Love came from the Bible. You take Him in entirety. God IS the reason we are all here! Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2019, 2021, Digest of Education Statistics 2020, Table 228.70. I really hate that the Bible was taken out of public schools. For more information, see Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools in 201920: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety (NCES 2022-029). Figure 2: This graph shows the increase in sexual activity in unmarried teen-age girls after the 1962 Supreme Court decision. It is because of what our society has become. For more information, see Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools in 201920: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety (NCES 2022-029). When did the Supreme Court remove Bible reading and prayer from public schools? Comparing our country to any other countrys statistic on mass shootings, or even our own statistics on school shootings from the 1700s to present day, Id have to say the main denominator, would be gun access, and the ability to kill rapidly and efficiently. The display of such items of faith is not imposing that faith on the students, but rather a mere action of the teacher proclaiming his or her beliefs. Remember the bad things that happen and we ask GOD why? All Christians (Believers of the one true GOD and his Son Jesus Christ) needs to stand up and fight whats right. Thus, God being taught in schools brings divine power into the lives of the youth who need Him so desperately, and who otherwise may not even receive such life-changing instruction. somebody said that they saw America go down hill when we put, In God We Trust on our money. Nothing. Ninety-two people have been murdered, a 19.5% jump, according to the most recent NYPD data. The public schools should be about teaching our kids math, English, history and all the rest. The school district not only knows this, but they encourage the classes if that is what the kids and their parents want to do. The United States now has the highest incidence of teen-age motherhood in any Western country. We discussed both evolution and creation in my biology class and nothing terrible happened. God, the Bible, prayer and the TEN Commandments should be placed back into our schools and then watch how our nations youth, family, education and nations way of life begin to improve. I thoroughly believe taking prayer out of the schools began our moral decay. the government and them, so Look at it this way. Theyre my friends and I dont care if theyre black white Asian or freakin Mexican. We have rights to pray in school, I do it all the time, its just that the faculty and staff cannot enforce it, being government institutions, in order to respect people of all beliefs. Let me explain why I believe self-esteem is a fallacy. Condition of Education. Praying historically has not solved any moral or social problems. those who wanted to participated in the prayer, and those who didnt simply sat there in silence and showed respect for those who did participate. May GOD always bless America; but I hope Every single American will NOT be bullied by the Muslims. Do you enjoy living with no righteousness in this world? But you must donate so that I can build a better platform to get the word out that I can save people you must help me you must donate and dont forget, dont do this this and this or else you will not go anywhere remotely nice when you die. 3) It is terrifying to know that your beliefs involve you waiting for your GOD to destroy those who dont follow those beliefs. If you want your child to have a religious school with prayer and Bible readings, send them to a private school. So which prayers from which religion should be allowed in public schools? I am willing, if shown the way. Isnt americas rules based on christianity? Christianity began to spread by means of violence rather than peace. God gives us all choices and we as human beings must make the right choices because everyone doesnot get a second chance at life. Hey my name is Brittny. You want to end abortion, which is a womans right. In 2000, there were over 500 violent offences . I believe the demise of our schools are solely due in part to the removal of prayer in schools.When you remove God you invite everything that is wicked to come in and destroy.Removal of prayer in schools is not a violation of the third amendmant. Yet, these kids would go home: to single parent families; despicable housing; hunger, many kids in cramped quarters, and gangs outside selling drugs. Prayer is NOT banned from public schools.The catch is that school staff members cant lead prayers.Bible verses CAN be taught in school, but there has to be equal references to other religious faiths.I do believe in God, and I do pray, but how I choose to communicate with him is no one elses business, and it should be the same everywhere.Prayer, on the other hand should not be enforced or denied in schools.Go ahead and let the children pray, as long as its not disruptive to the learning process.Thats what they are ther for, right? what happened to them when they turned their backs to God. I also believe that removing prayer is one of the major factors in the decline of education and society. I really don`t care what you think,or if you believe or not.You,who does not believe live your life your way. Me and my friend are writing a paper on religion in School! Do not be like on people not praying in schools, or prayer and religion in general. Probably not though. It will not be because of the video game it will be your lack of parenting, maybe you should have hit them those last few times. This is awful. I hope that this either informs you of the truth, or that your readers will realize the truth from reading my comment. it all . If you feel that your kid isnt getting enough of God, you need to stop blaming schools and instead step up to the plate yourself. Based on this principle, when the United States formed the founding fathers explicitly set forth the separation of church and state within the constitution. Since 1999, there have been 31 school shootings. It seems strange that when a shooting occurs in a school that politicans get on TV and say PLEASE PRAYexcuse me but if we had prayer in school before each day its more than likely such events would not have occuredHELLOThis country just does not get it! But when you have a governmental and educational system that is opposed to what the parents and church leaders should be doing and are doing, and taking away the rights of the parents, especially, over their child, then it will call for conflict. The elected officials in the so called free America did, they took God out of our schools Its time that we take a stand and demand that God be invited back to our schools where he longs to be.