In a Sunday editorial the Daily Times has endorsed ending the Salisbury City Council’s recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at their legislative sessions. The DT’s editorial board calls for replacing the prayer with a “moment of silence”.
As usual, Susan Parker makes some excellent arguments, including certain impracticalities of using local clergy to offer non-sectarian prayers. That doesn’t mean that SbyNEWS agrees with her views. Tune in tomorrow morning for SbyNEWS’s position on this controversial issue.
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if they don't want God's guidance and wisdom; so be it. He won't push himself on anyone. who will suffer? we will because they won't make the BEST decisions for our city.
noah webster (webster's dictionary) said, "there is NO wisdom without God".
so there you have it. they dug their own hole and we will suffer the consequences.
8:10, Who said that they don't want God's guidance and wisdom? They are still praying, each in his own way, silently. Salisbury--and almost every other place--has changed significantly in the last 25 years, in fact a great deal just in the last 10. Back in the day we were almost all Christian; now there are many religions represented. I pray the Lord's Prayer every Sunday at my church service. A City Council meeting is not a church service. The Lord's Prayer is considered a "Christian' prayer. What about those who are not Christian? The newly adopted guideline was a long time coming. One can pray silently to whoever his God is, or not pray at all; that is his or her choice. There will still very much be prayer in the Council room!
In a democracy, majority rules...the majority are Christian. Everyone else can observe the moment of silence. If this were an indian culture, then prayers would reflect those beliefs. It's not, it's a Christian culture...so pray the Lord's Prayer, like we were ALL taught.
Are you ashamed? Pray aloud!
not sure which of you wrote this piece, but kudos to ya! i love the line, "As usual, Susan Parker makes some excellent arguments, including certain impracticalities of using local clergy to offer non-sectarian prayers." alot of times, i dont see respect for opposite points of view here. thank you guys!
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