USA: NC Police Chaplain not allowed to pray in Jesus Name

[Fenris]

Fenris, you could be fired from your private job for mailing out racist materials from your home that damage the image of the company you work for.

Nobody got fired. They said "Don't say Jesus" and he said "I quit".

[Realist1981]

Why can't he just pray in God's name? I've attended function where Christians have said a prayer to "God" and it was perfectly appropriate. They were nice prayers, too.

This seems overly stubborn.

We pray in Jesus' name because he is our High Priest

[Realist1981]

I've been in the military for quite awhile and the chaplain's aren't supposed to favor one religion over the other therefore, praying in Jesus' name isn't allowed. However, there are some who ignore that rule and do it anyways.

[Warrior4God]

I've been in the military for quite awhile and the chaplain's aren't supposed to favor one religion over the other therefore, praying in Jesus' name isn't allowed. However, there are some who ignore that rule and do it anyways.

So, the ones that do abide by the rules, in which god's name do they pray, then?

[Reynolds357]

Nobody got fired. They said "Don't say Jesus" and he said "I quit".

I was not talking about the Chaplain, I was talking about the officer you referenced who mailed out racist materials from his home.

[Reynolds357]

I've been in the military for quite awhile and the chaplain's aren't supposed to favor one religion over the other therefore, praying in Jesus' name isn't allowed. However, there are some who ignore that rule and do it anyways.

Would not any type praying favor deism over athiesm?

[Realist1981]

Would not any type praying favor deism over athiesm?

When they are praying over the general public they can't end the prayer "In Jesus'" name.

And no I don't believe what you typed because the scriptures say that God would rather for someone to be cold (can be applied to athiesm) or hot for him.

Saul was totally against Jesus then he was converted and Paul was totally for him.

So to get back to what you wrote. I'd rather for no prayer to be given at all over ending the prayer not in Jesus' name.

[Warrior4God]

When they are praying over the general public they can't end the prayer "In Jesus'" name.

And no I don't believe what you typed because the scriptures say that God would rather for someone to be cold (can be applied to athiesm) or hot for him.

Saul was totally against Jesus then he was converted and Paul was totally for him.

So to get back to what you wrote. I'd rather for no prayer to be given at all over ending the prayer not in Jesus' name.

So, if military chaplains can't pray in Jesus' name, whose name do they do it in? If they can't do it in Jesus' name, I'm assuming they also can't do it in Allah's name. Buddah's name. Satan's name. Etc?

[Realist1981]

Phrases like "In his holy name"
"In God's Holy name"
"In his name"

Vague terms like that

[webbguy4]

"congress shall make no law..." refers specifically to congress, local police departments are not congress. the framers of the constitution were deliberately very specific about referring one branch of one level of the federal government. individual states even had official state churches (eg: massachusetts) for 100 years after the bill of rights was passed.

abraham lincoln, as president of the US, representative of the executive branch of government was within his powers to declare a national day of thanksgiving to God.