Prayer In Public Schools Research Paper

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Imagine a world where people couldn’t express themselves in public. When people are denied the right to pray in public, the imagined world becomes reality. Many people don’t want prayer in public, but why so? Prayer used to be normally enforced in school, but now it is completely threatened, even out of school. The decline of prayer, and religion is partly to blame on recent (meaning within the last 50 to 70 years) developments in science all around. Many theories that have erupted from these scientific breakthroughs that challenge religious beliefs. This still does not mean that prayer should be frowned upon, or even banned in public. Prayer in public, and in public schools should be allowed because this nation was built upon God, the 1st …show more content…
You may wonder why that means that prayer should be allowed in public. Because this nation was built on God, we are here to worship him, and depriving our right to worship our rightful founder is completely wrong. Some people claim that this nation wasn’t built upon God, but the American pledge of allegience says otherwise. A bit from the pledge states”I pledge allegience to…… the United States of America…. one nation under God”. This statement proves the foundation of our great nation. Well, our once great nation anyway. Back then when religion was found everywhere, America had cultivated a powerful economy with no debt, demanding respect from other nations. Since religion has declined in America, the nation’s economy has struggled with great debt, and has turned into a joke for the rest of the world. Religion has partly declined due to prayer being cut down upon, so when prayer is further taken away, the nation picks itself apart. Our founding fathers meant for this nation to worship God, and now our nation is depriving us of the ability to worship God. That is down right …show more content…
Many people say that public prayer shoves religion into peoples lives, yet it doesn’t in any way. This is just an excuse to try to shut down religion due to disagreement in beliefs. Maya states “It’s not about shoving the gospel down their throats.”. This shows the viewpoint of a religious person for prayer in public, and she speaks for every religious person. Furthermore when prayer isn’t allowed in public, atheism is forced upon religious people. The government is showing unfair favoring of atheism, which is