Originally posted by: Warbler
Just how in the world can you have a religion neutral prayer? Any prayer is not neutral to an Athiest. While a student body is not congress, if a prayer done as part of an offically sanctioned event at a school fuction, it the equivalent of the government supporting a specific religion over others or religion in general over nonreligion.

Warbler, I think it's possible to be "religiously neutral". I consider myself to be an agnostic, which is a neutral view on God, but still I belive on some of the so-called "religious morales". I've read the Bible and I think everyone should read it and do as the Bible says, but you don't have to follow a specific dogma regarding "worshiping God". If you do good to everyone around you, does it really matter if you get on your knees and begs to a invisible man for his supposedly forgiveness? Other religions, such as budism, are more "philosofy" related, and their philosofy can be practiced even if you don't have it as a religious faith. I attend a budhist temple sometimes, but I don't consider myself a budhist, as much as I don't consider myself a catholic anymore. If the government comes to my house and asks what is my religion, for census or anything like that, I'd say catholic, but I'm not really a "catholic". I agree with much of what is on the Bible, I think the gospels should be read by everyone even if you don't belive in Jesus or in God, because it dosen't matter! Even if you atheistic, it dosen't matter, it's your whole attitude that matters, is how good you are to the human beings next to you that matter.

I don't think the government should rule for a specific religion, I think that's wrong. I do think religion could and should be taught in school to open the people's mind regarding its philosofies. You don't have to impose faith on it, you don't have to make people belive in untangible, unknown concepts such as gods, but you can teach some good stuff. I don't think someone who has been educated CORRECTLY on religious morale would turn into crime. I mean, consider the terrorist fundamentalist thought. I have NOTHING against the islamism, I swear, but the way it's teached to a small part of the followers is WRONG, it's not teaching GOOD concepts such as love for the other and doing good like not killing, it's teaching WRONG things. So it dosen't matter if you worship Allah or God or a scientologist demon inside a volcano, all it matters is how you put religious philosofies, rules and concepts into practice.