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Originally Posted by houston
What does their eating habits and housing have to do with anything?
So, you know people like this? Have you been in their trailer home and saw them eating donuts?
How do you know that they don't have an altar or lead in prayer and bible study?
Is saying "grace" a commandment?
I want to meet these people. I could go for some double fried chicken and a double portion of mashed taters.... smothered in country gravy.
You defend people that can't afford private school or can't homeschool.... but this particular set of parents is pawning off their children?
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Yes, I've seen fat, lazy, unconcerned deadbeat "Christian" parents like this. I have a couple in my family! LOL
No, saying grace isn't a commandment. But I find it pathetic to whine about how important it is to have prayer back in schools... when families rarely even pray at home together. It's reaching for "civic religion", a powerless religion that is built on nothing but meaningless symbolic actions in public.
By no means are all parents this bad. But the point is... we need to be doing more at home spiritually before we start pushing our religion in the public square.