I think that Christian organizations do wonderful work all over the globe. God bless them. I've donated to some and I'm Jewish. If they convert through example and not coertion, more power to them.
That said, I still believe that there should not be a moment of silence before school. That's what homeroom is for. The pledge of allegience is quite enough. Feel free to consider homeroom as your moment of zen. A moment of silence still represents some prayer ... Christian or otherwise. As Billy said "A rose by any other name ... ". Why can't we just seperate God, a being that I may believe in profoundly, but which I do not need to impose upon those that don't, from government suported institutions. If the non-believers are sinning, but not hurting anyone but perhaps themselves to a certain acceptable level, then I am perfectly content to let God punish them. The virtues of good and bad are intrisic and do not require God's commandments to be held as true (though shall not kill, steal, covet OPP, etc etc), so teach your children well and that should be enough.
That said, I still believe that there should not be a moment of silence before school. That's what homeroom is for. The pledge of allegience is quite enough. Feel free to consider homeroom as your moment of zen. A moment of silence still represents some prayer ... Christian or otherwise. As Billy said "A rose by any other name ... ". Why can't we just seperate God, a being that I may believe in profoundly, but which I do not need to impose upon those that don't, from government suported institutions. If the non-believers are sinning, but not hurting anyone but perhaps themselves to a certain acceptable level, then I am perfectly content to let God punish them. The virtues of good and bad are intrisic and do not require God's commandments to be held as true (though shall not kill, steal, covet OPP, etc etc), so teach your children well and that should be enough.