Now, again, evangelicals call for prayer in schools.
Well, which kind?
How about a Muslim Prayer on Monday.
A Jewish Prayer on Tuesday.
A Sikh Prayer on Wednesday.
A Wiccan Prayer on Thursday.
An Atheist reflection on Friday.
Each read by a practitioner.
And the following week:
Prayers from Native Americans
Prayers from China, Vietnam and Thailand.
India and Pakistan.
Not to mention Liberal Christians.
Liberal Jews.
Hasidic Jews.
This and that, and everything else.
Since most everyone prays.
One way or the other.
And if not prayer, then a reflection.
Thoughts about the nature of life.
And all the other variants and varieties of each religious tradition ... and philosophies ... and interpreters of history ... and poets and artists and dancers, who pray with their bodies ... and a group of puppies chasing one another, with the sheer joy of life.
Oh, wait a minute.
My evangelical friend just told me:
Only prayers written by his kind.
And no others.
Oh well, I guess that settles it.
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