Ehh, people can pray when and however they like---as an atheist, I couldn't really care one way or the other. If you want to have a day, fine. Not everyone sees prayer as a public activity however, so I wouldn't judge someone who doesn't want to participate.
And it is a Christian event, however, not a multi-religion event--according to the task force that oversees it.
What DOES bother me is when I have to listen to the Prayer Day speakers cranked to 11 on federal government property while I'm trying to do my job. I don't really need an hour of Jesus-fueled preaching while I'm trying to work for the federal taxpayers. I would have appreciated a bit less volume. This is an entirely separate issue, however.
What DOES bother me is when I have to listen to the Prayer Day speakers cranked to 11 on federal government property while I'm trying to do my job. I don't really need an hour of Jesus-fueled preaching while I'm trying to work for the federal taxpayers. I would have appreciated a bit less volume. This is an entirely separate issue, however.
Believe it or not, I can understand why that would bother you.
(and BTW, I don't think you've ever been disparaging about non-believers here and I try to return the favor in the opposite direction. Catholics are my favorites of all, anyway ;p)
No, I don't try to disparage non-believers, it's not my place to do so. But, I wonder why, as an atheist are Catholics your favorites? It would seem that the opposite might be true. :)
I agree with divka on prayer (I know you don't want to debate, I'm just throwing my two cents in).
To each his own, ya know? My roommate in college was a devout Catholic, I was not a devout anything, and we had some very interesting conversations about religion. I have a quiet respect for Catholicism because of her, despite being raised in a very unforgiving Baptist church. Though she was actually in favor of allowing priests to marry... again, different strokes. I don't let myself get too riled up about differences in belief anymore.
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I read a great passage on priestly celibacy (from Vatican II) this morningbittergemMay 8 2009, 20:52:16 UTC
(Celibacy is to be embraced and esteemed as a gift). Perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven, commended by Christ the Lord and through the course of time as well as in our own days freely accepted and observed in a praiseworthy manner by many of the faithful, is held by the Church to be of great value in a special manner for the priestly life. It is at the same time a sign and a stimulus for pastoral charity and a special source of spiritual fecundity in the world. Indeed, it is not demanded by the very nature of the priesthood, as is apparent from the practice of the early Church and from the traditions of the Eastern Churches, where, besides those who with all the bishops, by a gift of grace, choose to observe celibacy, there are also married priests of highest merit. This holy synod, while it commends ecclesiastical celibacy, in no way intends to alter that different discipline which legitimately flourishes in the Eastern Churches. It permanently exhorts all those who have received the priesthood and
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And it is a Christian event, however, not a multi-religion event--according to the task force that oversees it.
What DOES bother me is when I have to listen to the Prayer Day speakers cranked to 11 on federal government property while I'm trying to do my job. I don't really need an hour of Jesus-fueled preaching while I'm trying to work for the federal taxpayers. I would have appreciated a bit less volume. This is an entirely separate issue, however.
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To each his own, ya know? My roommate in college was a devout Catholic, I was not a devout anything, and we had some very interesting conversations about religion. I have a quiet respect for Catholicism because of her, despite being raised in a very unforgiving Baptist church. Though she was actually in favor of allowing priests to marry... again, different strokes. I don't let myself get too riled up about differences in belief anymore.
Edited because I accidentally left something out...
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