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Let Us NOT Pray!
Christianity is under attack again, this time from a UK atheist organization – they are trying to ban prayer before council meetings in Great Britain because they deem Christian prayer as a breach of “human rights”.
A survey by UK newspaper The Daily Mail showed that out of 181 of the 422 largest councils in England and Wales 118 start their meetings with a prayer; nearly all were Christian. Mike Judge, of the Christian Institute, said: “It’s a tradition that’s gone on for hundreds of years. This is really a move by aggressive atheism trying to shove Christianity out of public life. The council shouldn’t back down. It definitely isn’t in breach of human rights law. Parliament has prayers, is Parliament illegal?”
The cold hard truth is that there are those out there that are seeking to abolish anything to do with God. I was speaking to a seminary prof a few years ago and he said that if atheism can be classified as a religion (as they have a belief system) then it is the fastest growing religion in the world. He told me that he was convinced that they would stop at nothing to see their beliefs made truth.
Prayer has been under attack for decades now, the most famous of which was the banning of prayer in public schools. Those of us with faith know why, because the devil and his minions are trying to rid the world of one of the only real powers that can come against them, the prayers of the saints. I think it’s inevitable given the PC climate we live in that prayer will one day be outlawed for good. Until such a time please use the freedoms we have and pray!
Christian St John
May, 2010
Ok I am going to take a side that I am not sure most will appreciate. I think they should abolish prayer in schools and public places like council meetings. Not for the reason that is stated in the article however. I think it should not happen as these prayers really mean nothing. They are words simply used to fill what was tradition, and not true prayer. I may be wrong, but I wonder when was the last time that a prayer was said in a public school or in the council meetings that it was really directed toward God. Did the person praying agonize, or truly speak to our living God, or do they simply spew out those nice words and catchy christian phrases in order to fulfill a tradition. We can never truly know the persons heart who is praying, but often I even catch myself just saying the words when it comes to public prayer and not really communing with our King.
Thanks for your comment Dave, they are truly appreciated. The thing that I always ask when someone talks about "traditions" is, "how much of what we do as Christians could be classified as tradition?" One of the questions I often ask myself is 'why do we do what we do?' Is what we do based on Scripture or is it just what we've always done. Take the Sunday morning service. Personally, I would like to see churches doing something other than the 'worship sandwich.' But it's been ingrained into us by previous generations that a Sunday morning service consists of the following: worship, sit and listen to the preacher, sing one last song, and go home. I would love to see church families holding worship and prayer services, healing services, testimony services, and so on, to break from the status quo, same old same old.
Personally I think it's a lovely thing to hear prayers at any time, because even if the majority of people in a school or council meeting may just be following tradition and doing what has always been done, what if one person was blessed by that prayer? Personally, I have been in secular meetings where I have been blessed by a prayer offered up by someone who wasn't even a Christian. And are we saying that God doesn't hear the prayers of the tradition followers? Or is God God? Able to answer any and all prayers bought before Him, regardless of who prayed it?
Just some thoughts…
Thanks again