Persuasive Essay On Prayer In Schools

In many schools prayer is not allowed anymore. I personally disagree with this. I understand that some students and teachers do not believe in the power of prayer, but on the other hand there are those who do. Why is prayer being took out of schools because of those who do not agree with it? What about those who do? Prayer should be allowed in schools and for those who don’t agree with it can simply ignore it. We the people have the right to pray.

Praying is something we as Christians believe in. No matter what religion you may believe in we come together by prayer. I understand there are those who don’t believe in God therefore they don’t pray. When in a school among several Christians wanting to pray you simply do not have
There is a book that tells us everything that is going in the world. So why would one simply not pray? That one question we will never know. There are five year olds in schools who pray and attend church regularly. Why would you tell an innocent child he/she can’t pray in school because it’s not allowed? Not only is that leading that child away from pray but it’s misleading and confusing for a child at that age. Taking prayer out of school not only affects the children, but the families of the children. All we can do is pray for those who don’t believe. Prayer in schools does not need to be stopped because of a select few but continued. We can’t worry about whose toes were going to step on when doing what we know is right.

Though there are those who don’t believe in religion and prayer it still should be allowed in schools. Nobody should be allowed to determine who can pray or not to pray in a school. We as Christians choose to pray, and even though it has been taken out of many schools, who is to say it still can’t be done? We are supposed to have freedom and taking prayer out of schools is taking away our freedom. We have to stand up for what is right and what we believe