North Dakota Legislators Protest a Hindu Prayer

A milestone has been reached in North Dakota when a Hindu priest offered a prayer opening the legislative session and some legislators protested by leaving the room. A legislator and Lutheran pastor said he did not want to worship a "false god." The story made national, perhaps international, news.

A story like this receives national attention because it is about a mind that is closed and unable to perceive that the other party considers the Lutheran's god also to be false. The Hindu priest, however, had the wisdom not to say such a thing. The Lutheran pastor/politician has conviction but not wisdom.

We all know the god of the Hindu priest was worshiped and consider "real" by followers long before the Jewish/Christian god came along. That history alone should garner respect from politicians.

The Lutheran pastor/politician should recall that over half the world's population considers his god to be a false one. It would be powerful is he, or anyone with a different god, could make the correct god available for all of us to see. But, of course, this will never happen because all the gods exist only in the minds of followers. No invisible god will ever appear.

There are atheists who leave the room when pre meeting prayers are recited. They leave in protest to prayers of any kind. It would not be necessary for atheists, or North Dakota politicians, to leave the room if prayers of all kinds were simply discontinued.

  https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/several-north-dakota-lawmakers-abstain-from-hindu-prayer/article_26b60ee2-9222-5c12-93eb-d5d853c397a4.html


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