Putting God back into schools.

[Ninurta]

Agreed, there's always bad seeds that are simply born with some wires crossed, no matter their upbringing.  So you agree then, that bringing God back to schools won't solve anything?  That's what I believe.  Seems like it comes down to the parents of those very few, born-bad people, closely monitoring their child for red flags.  

That can be difficult too, as kids aren't always honest with their parents in their teenage years.  "How was school today?"  

"Oh, it was great."  Even though they get bullied.

I don't think God is the solution here.  I think the only way to ensure this doesn't happen, or at least GREATLY reduce the possibility, is to place armed security at schools, along with cameras that are monitored.  All that can be done for way less than half of what we we're sending Ukraine.

Granted, that would take care of schools.  Evil people like that would simply choose another target.

As I said above, I'm not certain God was ever booted from schools. I don't understand what folks are talking about when they say that. When I was in school lo those many years ago (over 50 years ago), no teachers or administrators were allowed to promote any religion, and no teachers or administrators were allowed to prevent the exercise of a religion. I don't know that has changed. Government and government representatives are prohibited from doing either by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

When I was a kid, my best friend was a Jehovah's Witness. He was not allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance, because they believe that makes the flag into a "false idol". So, when we said the pledge every morning, Tony just stood there with his arms clasped behind his back while the rest of us recited it. No one forced him to "exercise a religion" and no one prevented him from exercising his own.

Whether a kid wants to pray in a school, in a park, at a ball game, or driving down the road, no one has the right to stop them. If a kid does not want to pray, anywhere, no one has the right to force them to. It's the parents' prerogative to determine whether a kid should have a religious module installed, or not, until that kid becomes an adult. It's not the school's say, either way.

If a god is a part of that kid's moorings, his foundation in a culture, then by all means "bring it back" if it has ever been prohibited, to help keep that kid from coming unglued and shooting up a bunch of folks. That is not for the State to determine, it is not the State's choice in either direction, for or against.

If a kid lies to his parent, that too is a parental fault in their upbringing. If the parent doesn't do anything that would make a kid think lying was a good idea, then the kid won't lie... unless he or she is just one of those "bad seeds".

And yes, tighter security is a really good idea at schools. There are all sorts of crazies out there these days, and even if all proper protocols were implemented tomorrow to rectify the insanity problem, those pre-existing crazies will still be out there until their numbers fall off due to natural or unnatural attrition. So tighter security is a good idea regardless of God's presence in a school or whether God has to wait outside the fence like a drug dealer. I think tighter school security could be implemented nation wide for only 1/20th of just the most recent hand out to the Ukraine.

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