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By: Moment of Silly: Students need skepticism not silence « The Bad Idea Blog

Moment of Silly: Students need skepticism not silence « The Bad Idea Blog — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:01:48 +0000

[...] I basically agree with The Friendly Atheist’s Hemant on this issue: constitutionally, moments of silence seem passable, and when they are instituted, it’s not the exactly a big deal. Even the ACLU isn’t [...]

By: klnxmonkey

klnxmonkey — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:54:35 +0000

I’m in a class at my university that starts each class with a moment of silence. I think it is great! It is not religiously associated (quite the opposite in fact). It simply gives everyone a chance to collect their thoughts so we can have a strong, focused class together.

By: Friendly Atheist » Atheist Rally in Texas

Friendly Atheist » Atheist Rally in Texas — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:40:51 +0000

[...] show support for the Croft family in Carrollton who have sued over the moment of silence in their public school. (No matter how the case ends, or whether it’s over by then or [...]

By: Polly

Polly — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:07:19 +0000

Texas is # 50 in education I think we need to use that minute more wisely.

The kids are FAT too. Maybe that minute should be spent silently exercising.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:01:07 +0000

I think the moment of silence stuff is just silly tokenism… but at the same time, if it gets the “put prayer back in the public schools” crowd to shut up, I say fine. People like Croft need to learn to pick their battles.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:33:05 +0000

Looks like Croft doesn’t have a prayer.

By: vincent

vincent — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:20:16 +0000

I think a moment of silence at the beginning of the school day is a good thing. I’d even suggest one after lunch.
Not for prayer, but just to calm the students and focus them again on the task at hand: learning.

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:06:26 +0000

It’s a minute wasted and considering Texas is # 50 in education I think we need to use that minute more wisely.

By: Aj

Aj — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:46:27 +0000

Lets have a moment of silence to pray… or reflect, or whatever… Let people “reflect” in their own time, they don’t have to “reflect” together. Maybe people don’t want to “reflect”.

Think about the motivations for this “moment of silence”. If it was a “moment of silence” for reflection, would it be state policy? Is it really something that the state would spend any time on?

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:01:50 +0000

If there are special exceptions being made to Christians, then there’s a problem.

The moment-of-silence doesn’t look to be an example of a special exception.

I agree. I don’t tend to have a problem with it b/c you are not required to pray. It’s just a minute. You can read a book or take a minute nap I was somewhere where they had that once, and I didn’t feel like praying (when I was religous). So I daydreamed for a minute, and it was no big deal.