Reader responds to removal of prayer
The Editor,
I saw the ad in the Mercury of the anniversary celebration at Living Hope Community Church and although I live in Regina, was able to attend. Four generations gathered and filled the church to capacity with several countries represents. It was great!
The walk down memory lane was very encouraging as we saw God’s faithfulness in the past as they press on into the future.
Since Christian prayer and teaching is being taken out of schools and public life, morals and trust are also gone. Without these, the conscience and mental sense of right and wrong are very weak. Laws can’t replace a keen conscience.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the laws of the land, were all built on Bible principles. The motto was, “He shall have dominions from sea to sea.” The song O Canada has a line, “God keep our land, glorious and free.”
Laws are taking away freedom when they can’t pray before council meetings, and children can’t pray in schools. Is that helping our country?
I’m concerned about the country we are leaving for our grandchildren. I have a grandson who is working as a guard at a hospital.
How things have changed. We taught our children that strangers were friends we hadn’t met. Now we teach them don’t talk to strangers. I believe it’s time to assess where atheism is taking us, and start to back track.
Charlotte Collins,
Regina
