Religion

randys1

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33. Agreed, from a scientific approach, children should be taught about the various religions

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 02:19 PM

Oct 2014

and how they do NOT promote hatred of Gays or killing non believers.

That all religion is an opiate for the masses is something the parent can explain, but the school absolutely better start teaching kids that all mainstream religions do NOT preach the terrible shit some say they do.

The rightwing Christians use a perverted interpretation of the christian bible to say God hates Gay people, and they hate Gay people and that is a good thing.

Perverted and fucked up Muslims (small percentage) use the Quran to teach that all non believers are to die.

I wish I could say that it is a SMALL percentage of American rightwing Christians who DEEPLY hate Gay people and want to teach that hating Gay people is good, but it is a majority of them...

please note ALL the words I am using, not some of them...if you are a christian and not rightwing, please make sure you read all my words...

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Why a Marine dad was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to Islam essay [View all] exboyfil Oct 2014 OP

The subject of his disdain is irrevevant... notrightatall Oct 2014 #1

I agree totally if he threatened to cause a disruption exboyfil Oct 2014 #4

specific enough?? notrightatall Oct 2014 #9

That does not sound like a specific threat exboyfil Oct 2014 #10

they are all covered within the context of elehhhhna Oct 2014 #30

Agree, he is a major jerk and a bigot to boot. cbayer Oct 2014 #59

Why? I don't think kids need to be taught what religions upaloopa Oct 2014 #2

Ignorance is bliss. notrightatall Oct 2014 #3

Did you read my post? I said they should be free upaloopa Oct 2014 #6

The more they are taught, the better decisions they can make. notrightatall Oct 2014 #7

It is not up to you to decide what most parents upaloopa Oct 2014 #8

Bullshit. notrightatall Oct 2014 #12

A citizenship does not give you the right to teach upaloopa Oct 2014 #13

Teaching children the fantasies of religion as fact is child abuse. notrightatall Oct 2014 #15

Glad you don't rule the rest of us. upaloopa Oct 2014 #17

Parents do not "own" their children. notrightatall Oct 2014 #18

Neither do you but they do have a responsibility upaloopa Oct 2014 #22

Wrong. That responsibility for those children is a shared responsibility. notrightatall Oct 2014 #25

You will have a hard time convincing the courts upaloopa Oct 2014 #26

THAT does not make me "WRONG", now does it? notrightatall Oct 2014 #28

Child abuse? Are you suggesting that people that raise their children in a religious household cbayer Oct 2014 #61

I would say that society is punished for that. notrightatall Oct 2014 #65

But what you said is that parents that raise their children in religious households are guilty cbayer Nov 2014 #66

They are punished, we all are. notrightatall Nov 2014 #67

Again, you don't answer the question but just reply with some hollow rhetoric. cbayer Nov 2014 #68

?. notrightatall Nov 2014 #69

So your answer is an oblique angle? That makes about as much sense as you other non-answers, cbayer Nov 2014 #70

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Great, that means another generation of knuckle-dragging idiots. Thanks! notrightatall Oct 2014 #38

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.. notrightatall Oct 2014 #45

Agreed, from a scientific approach, children should be taught about the various religions randys1 Oct 2014 #33

I agree with you. cbayer Oct 2014 #62

I bet they'll throng to research Eucildean geometry on their own. rug Oct 2014 #14

What does it matter? upaloopa Oct 2014 #16

Schools at a minimum should teach about the world. rug Oct 2014 #19

So we have elected school boards and we are upaloopa Oct 2014 #21

Only "time and thought" will end the scourge to humanity that is religion. notrightatall Oct 2014 #29

Then The Five Pillars should not be taught exboyfil Oct 2014 #5

I disagree. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #11

I don't see religion as a positive force in the world. upaloopa Oct 2014 #24

This is exactly what I plan to teach my kids. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #27

I think I like most of what you say upaloopa Oct 2014 #34

Yes, that is a better way to put it. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #37

Pretty much sucked if your religion wasn't in the top three, huh? nt peace13 Oct 2014 #42

Yup. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #44

How does one teach world history Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #20

In context with other things it is relevant. upaloopa Oct 2014 #36

Ah, that explains your objection better. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #39

I think so. I hate that our society places upaloopa Oct 2014 #43

Yes, and I think we need to combat the anti-intellectualism to make headway. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #46

Emmanuel Kant says it well I think. I was in college at a Catholic school when they said we could upaloopa Oct 2014 #47

That is quite interesting... Bookmarked for reading after class! Thanks nt F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #48

He wrote that in 1784 as a reply to a contest upaloopa Oct 2014 #51

try teaching world history without it elehhhhna Oct 2014 #31

Yup. Religion has had an enormous impact on the world's history. riqster Oct 2014 #50

It's key to understanding culture. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #52

I get that. As long as it is neutral and non believers upaloopa Oct 2014 #53

In a public school, that's guaranteed. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #54

I disagree. You could teach that religion plays a roll upaloopa Oct 2014 #55

I guess we will disagree. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #56

Yep upaloopa Oct 2014 #57

Religion is a major factor both in history and current politics. cbayer Oct 2014 #60

I think it is put on a pedestal. upaloopa Oct 2014 #63

Oh I agree that there is religious privilege when it comes to christianity, but cbayer Oct 2014 #64

Given the widespread misinformation about Islam coming from terrified, warmongering reactionaries, Maedhros Oct 2014 #23

+1 F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #32

There is a common misperception in this country that examining a subject Maedhros Oct 2014 #41

How very true. riqster Oct 2014 #49

The article says that they do teach about other religions when they are studying cbayer Oct 2014 #58