Reply to "Football, Prayers, and the First Amendment"

semiannualchickOld Faithful

Originally Posted by semiannualchick:

I’m actually surprised that you would sit quietly thru a prayer with friends before a meal. If my family or friends pray while I’m in attendance, I quietly walk away before the prayer because I feel I would be a hypocrite to sit thru something that makes me uncomfortable & because I don’t believe prayers are answered.

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Originally Posted by Bestworking:

It's respect for them, they don't ask us to bow our heads with them and pray with them and they don't do it out loud. If they ask us to join in and we did, that would be hypocritical.

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Oh, ok. My bad.

I thought you meant someone at the table praying out loud.

9/26/115:52 PM

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