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Let me get this out of the way right up front, other than actually murdering/killing the person, can prayer be prevented?
So in a different thread I saw somebody post about how their child was "prevented from praying" in school for another classmate.
Now I have to wonder, how can prayer be prevented?
Does one actually have to vocalize their prayer for it to be "heard"?
Can't prayer be silent?
Can "god" not hear your thoughts? Must it be actually spoken out loud?
Does the out loud prayer carry more weight somehow?
Or as I would be more inclined to believe (pun intended), it's impossible to stop anyone from praying as there's no need to be audible about it.
Silent prayer is still prayer, and therefore nothing can ever be done to prevent it outside of physically killing the person.
Which is it?
So in a different thread I saw somebody post about how their child was "prevented from praying" in school for another classmate.
Now I have to wonder, how can prayer be prevented?
Does one actually have to vocalize their prayer for it to be "heard"?
Can't prayer be silent?
Can "god" not hear your thoughts? Must it be actually spoken out loud?
Does the out loud prayer carry more weight somehow?
Or as I would be more inclined to believe (pun intended), it's impossible to stop anyone from praying as there's no need to be audible about it.
Silent prayer is still prayer, and therefore nothing can ever be done to prevent it outside of physically killing the person.
Which is it?