School Prayer

Response to Reason One: I must assert again that including the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance is not unconstitutional. Let us take another look at the first amendment. It says ""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." No law was made that forced people to say it, no law was made about the establishment of religion, and no law was made that prohibited the free exercise of any religion. The bill created only added to the pledge in which people could recite it if so desired. Although, I am not sure why we are even discussing this when we should be focusing on school prayer. I realize that your original point was to say that some of the founding fathers (not all were) were for separating the church and the state. That is a fine point but it does not really have much to do with school prayer. Response to Reason Two: You are changing your argument. Originally you said that "anyone with common sense would definitely say that the government allowing school prayer is favoring an establishment of religion in which the constitution says not to do." In other words, you originally wanted government to not allow school prayer (which is unconstitutional as I pointed out) and now you are saying that the majority and the minority should come to a consensus of fairness. Which one do you actually believe? Response to Reason Three: All I said was that religion gives people the only reasons to be moral. I never said anything about Gods controlling ethics. And as for Dopamine, your article says that it "is released (particularly in areas such as the nucleus accumbens and striatum) by naturally rewarding experiences such as food, sex, abuse of drugs and neutral stimuli that become associated with them." In other words, this chemical has nothing to do with morality (it doesn't reward moral behavior) and it has everything to do with what pleases a human being. So you haven't provided a reason for someone to be moral. In fact, even if this chemical did reward moral behavior, would you tell a prisoner or your future kids that they should be moral so that they can be rewarded by Dopamine? And even if all this were true (which it isn't), some people might get their reward because they fulfill their immoral pleases and then they would have more reason to be immoral. And then nobody could tell any person what was moral and immoral because it would all be subjective and meaningless. Response to Reason Four: You basically just admitted defeat when you gave your forth reason. You say that "the majority should be getting there way, and that is true." Originally you arguing that school prayer shouldn't be allowed and know you seem to side with what I am saying. I agree that the majority shouldn't put down the minorities views but that is not the point of this debate. The point is whether school prayer should be allowed in schools or not. It seems that we both now agree that the majority (the people for school prayer) should get their way. Response to Reason Five: Thanks for double checking yourself about the theory about Christians being in the minority. I appreciate that. I have to do that many times myself when debating people. If Christians ever go in the minority (which is hard for me to believe), your point will be a lot stronger. Response to Reason Six: I would never argue that the minority shouldn't be apart of the entire body as well. I agree 100%. But as of right now, the majority is not getting what they want and the minority is what is being focused on. I have a problem with this. Thanks for a good debate. I will look forward to your last response.