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In reply to the discussion: Why a Marine dad was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to Islam essay [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)46. Yes, and I think we need to combat the anti-intellectualism to make headway.
We can't start demonstrating that we can be morally and ethically "good" people without good examples of atheist leaders and persons of importance (of which there are many). However, so many people in this country will simply reject anything you say because it doesn't match what they want to think. We need to re-establish (or perhaps simply establish) the scientific method as the primary driving force behind understanding our society. Without that, efforts will be in vain as people will rarely evaluate their own beliefs.
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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
Wrong. That responsibility for those children is a shared responsibility.
notrightatall
Oct 2014
#25
Child abuse? Are you suggesting that people that raise their children in a religious household
cbayer
Oct 2014
#61
But what you said is that parents that raise their children in religious households are guilty
cbayer
Nov 2014
#66
So your answer is an oblique angle? That makes about as much sense as you other non-answers,
cbayer
Nov 2014
#70
Agreed, from a scientific approach, children should be taught about the various religions
randys1
Oct 2014
#33
Only "time and thought" will end the scourge to humanity that is religion.
notrightatall
Oct 2014
#29
Emmanuel Kant says it well I think. I was in college at a Catholic school when they said we could
upaloopa
Oct 2014
#47
Given the widespread misinformation about Islam coming from terrified, warmongering reactionaries,
Maedhros
Oct 2014
#23
The article says that they do teach about other religions when they are studying
cbayer
Oct 2014
#58