re: #358 HappyWarrior

Honestly, I’d suggest that forcing prayer trivializes prayer. Allowing the individual to have his or her own personal prayer is better. I guess that’s one thing I’ve never gotten about people like Fischer or Huckabee who really desire a system in which we force people to pray. It’s not as powerful if you’re praying because you have to. If you’re praying to God, Allah, whoever, because you really want to. That’s going to get you much greater spiritual sanctification.

The thing I remember about forced prayer while in school was how often a sermon or the leader’s pet subject was stuck in. oh, and how they always dragged on forever.

Noting, of course, that they weren’t really forced. I was always free to self-ostracize myself from the club, team, or social group.