Mark Daddio writes:
<<<Why would anyone be offended at the offering of a prayer? I must
confess
that I happen to be of the christian belief; however, I would not be
offended
if a member of another religeon wished to say a blessing of sorts before
the
meal. In my mind, I would simply use the time to pray to my god. It
would
not offend me in the least. If the person offering the blessing is of
another religeous belief than I, that does no harm to me. I may not
agree
with it, but it does't offend me. Everyone has a right to believe what
they
want to, but a budist saying a prayer would have no impact on me. If I
happened to not believe in a god, then the act of someone saying a
prayer
would actually be amusing. I just can't understand the offended part.
>>>
I am agnostic and I completely agree, except the amusing part. Sometimes
people have trouble discerning the difference between separation of
church and state and the rights of others to believe what they want.
This is Kansas after all. I was rather surprised not to have a Bible
handed out at registration the year I went. :)
Paul Foster
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