Any overt public performance of prayer is a political declaration. Prayer is between each person and what he believes to be God. A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew could all pray together in the same room without interfering with one another, merely by praying in silence. Wearing particular clothes, making particular noises, prostrating oneself, are not genuine acts of union with God: they are demonstrations of control and provocation.
In Ireland, Oliver Cromwell did not in any way prevent Irish people from worshipping according to their religion: he merely forbade the Mass. Even the Coronation should not be performed as though it were in accordance with God's wishes, especially with its reference to Protestantism. That is provocative, and in its way political.
A dozen or so times a day, I say a very short, silent prayer: 'Thank you'. Anyone else can do the same.
My sister, Dr Anna, thought this of the Argus article - They tie themselves in knots to avoid the truth of crap schools having an adult authority problem. They would also be clueless or too cowardly to talk about about pupil disengagement/ poor attendance due to ‘mental heath’ which is hitting all ‘classes’ of school equally at present - (muesli belt and scoomers alike) being a direct effect of both poisonous overuse of phones (at home) and message sent from establishment/adult world that school doesn’t really matter as it can but shut down at the drop of a hat a hat for years (aka lockdown. They all need to be run like the Mikala schools in London until someone has the vision to make all state schools as good as best private ones
Definitely this rearranging of the deckchairs does nothing whatsoever to improve education for all children. But it’s a sad sign of our identitarian times that it’s become quite unusual to see campaigns based around income/class.
Any overt public performance of prayer is a political declaration. Prayer is between each person and what he believes to be God. A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew could all pray together in the same room without interfering with one another, merely by praying in silence. Wearing particular clothes, making particular noises, prostrating oneself, are not genuine acts of union with God: they are demonstrations of control and provocation.
In Ireland, Oliver Cromwell did not in any way prevent Irish people from worshipping according to their religion: he merely forbade the Mass. Even the Coronation should not be performed as though it were in accordance with God's wishes, especially with its reference to Protestantism. That is provocative, and in its way political.
A dozen or so times a day, I say a very short, silent prayer: 'Thank you'. Anyone else can do the same.
My sister, Dr Anna, thought this of the Argus article - They tie themselves in knots to avoid the truth of crap schools having an adult authority problem. They would also be clueless or too cowardly to talk about about pupil disengagement/ poor attendance due to ‘mental heath’ which is hitting all ‘classes’ of school equally at present - (muesli belt and scoomers alike) being a direct effect of both poisonous overuse of phones (at home) and message sent from establishment/adult world that school doesn’t really matter as it can but shut down at the drop of a hat a hat for years (aka lockdown. They all need to be run like the Mikala schools in London until someone has the vision to make all state schools as good as best private ones
Definitely this rearranging of the deckchairs does nothing whatsoever to improve education for all children. But it’s a sad sign of our identitarian times that it’s become quite unusual to see campaigns based around income/class.
Within minutes of reading your piece - this popped up on Whatsapp from a parent's group I'm in for my 5 year old, Gabriel. My only thought was "I must show Joanna". https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23903238.brighton-hove-school-admission-changes-supported/