Posted by
Billy on Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:47:31 AM
A British teacher has been fired for offering to pray for a student suffering
from leukemia.
Olive Jones, a former teacher who gave at-home math lessons to
children too weak or ill to attend school, was told after she offered to pray
for the child that the family were nonbelievers. The student's mother complained
to the Oak Hill Short Stay School and Tuition Service in Nailsea, North
Somerset. Jones' proposition was regarded as "bullying," and she ultimately lost
her job.
Finn Laursen, head of Christian Educators Association International (CEAI),
understands that this is a British case, but he fears the example this incident
might set for the U.S.
"I'm finding the same mentality in some of our
public schools here in the states where there's a feeling, almost a fear, of
allowing anyone to express their faith or behave in any way that would show that
they are followers of Jesus Christ," he regards.
( I understand this family doesn't believe in faith or the power of prayer but could they just have told the teacher they didn't believe in that why does the teacher have to lose her job over this. Also how is prayer going to hurt even if you don't believe in it. When a person of another faith offers to pray for me I tell them thanks. This teacher didn't even do this at a school but in a private home. This is an outrage! Read more on this issue Brit teacher - prayer 'bully'.)
