Originally posted by LouisBooth
That's the ponit LW, they aren't expressly for attention getting.
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Sara VanDerWerf said there has been prayer at the pole in all of her 11 years as a math teacher at the school.
"I think it's great for students to come together once a year and just share a common belief," she said. "It's a quiet, visible thing for people to see."
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"A visible thing for people to see".
Hmm.
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"They may not know Christ. It's an opportunity to let them know that there are other Christians out there. It takes courage for these students to stand out."
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Hmm.
Sure sounds to me like they want to be seen, and they want to show off.
There's lots of pages about how these groups are available for radio interviews, news coverage, and other things like that.
I think you're denying reality here, Louis. While there may be people here who are not primarily taking this action to be seen, the fact is, most of these people are specifically talking about "being seen" as a primary goal of the event.
Once again, I ask you: If it's not about being seen, why is it at the single most visible and public place available anywhere near the school? Why do they issue *PRESS RELEASES*?
If you're in a public place, and it occurs to you to pray, fine; that happens.
If you are planning to pray, and you *GO TO A PUBLIC PLACE TO DO IT*, that's not fine; the decision to go to a public place is specifically about being seen.