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[–] novictim 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

supreme court of the U.S. took the daily morning prayer out of public schools

I upvoated you for your sentiment but I don't think your comment above is anything more than just another symptom of the cause. The CAUSE is Communists/Cultural Marxists and the damaging blitzkrieg of Post Modernism. We have been losing the battle of ideas because we have failed to recall our own history and the values that represent the Enlightenment.

Jesus was arguably the most important Enlightenment thinker but the Roman Church buried his ideas and truths under a pile of Latin Prayers and Rituals. It took Martin Luther, the next most significant Enlightenment catalyst, to unearth the core and fundamental notions that underpin the Christian ethos. That was 5 centuries ago. And then, of course, you have the others who synthesize the political implications of the Message of Jesus and others, like Spinoza, who distill elements of this fundamental message. Thomas Paine and John Locke take the argument to the political leadership and voila!, the notions of democracy and Tolerance bulldoze the corrupt power structures that kept everyone subjugated for centuries.

But now we are in a vacuum of forgetting and the Critical Theorists have entered this space as though the younger generation were Tabula Rasa, free of all prior wisdom. And that is not wrong. The System of Education has been captured as have the MSM outlets. What is needed is for the irrefutable arguments of the past that created the Enlightenment to make a brand new debut. So far, there is little sign that this is happening except from a few speakers like Jordan Peterson, folks that rarely are allowed a platform.

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[–] eucalyptus_spearmint ago  (edited ago)

I feel like it's splitting hairs either way. I could argue that the abolition of school prayer gave Satan the "in" he needed for said Marxism to gain a foothold, but I don't have a magical window into the realm of the spirit. I just think it's an awfully strong coincidence if the statistics are valid. I've always been taught that "the prayer of a righteous man availeth much" and "whatsoever ye ask in Christ's name", etc. In short, prayer is nothing to shrug at. I truly believe the gains being made today are a result of MANY prayers and without CONTINUED prayer, repentance, faith in God, what we are seeing is but a brief respite...

And yes, Jordan Peterson is pretty great! 👍

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[–] novictim 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I just think it's an awfully strong coincidence

But the time sequence is wrong. The Marxists came in first and then the Prayer (and notions of patriotism and national pride) went out the window due to indoctrination in the schools and colleges. And don't forget the admonition of Christ to not pray on the Street Corner (eg Don't demonstrate you virtue to be seen as virtuous. Just be Virtuous!). Praying in a school seems like:

1) Praying on the street corner

2) An industrialization of prayer and

3) Public Schools are not Churches and public school Prayer led by the paid staff on school time is a violation of the separation of Church and State. Trust me. You DO NOT WANT the government to be endorsing a branch of Christianity or opening that door for any other religion. We can all pray or not pray in our own way. The Creator is not housed in a cube in Mecca and requires you to face him with geographical precision and pray at particular times and manner!

Hey, I hope your Thanksgiving is with a happy and healthy family and good cheer all around!