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16. Yes, I know. I posted links to several in my first response to this OP.

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Good News Clubs: Psychologically abusing your children in a public elementary school near you! [View all] backscatter712 Mar 2013 OP

If Good News Clubs have to be allowed, why not elementary clubs for no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 #1

Dawkins et al discussed this. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #3

They would have to accept all of those and would likely lose any judicial challenge cbayer Mar 2013 #4

Frightening. An expose was published last year: cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Good info here! n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #22

How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren (Katherine Stewart) struggle4progress Mar 2013 #44

Careful..this will get you branded as a "bigot" skepticscott Mar 2013 #5

Let me know how the alert goes. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #6

Oh, they won't have the stones to alert on you skepticscott Mar 2013 #8

Just watched that entire video today nonoyes Mar 2013 #7

Parents can stop them. Participation in these clubs is always voluntary. cbayer Mar 2013 #9

Actually, if you watched the video and read the court's decision, - nonoyes Mar 2013 #10

Which court case are you referring to? cbayer Mar 2013 #11

You didn't view the video, That would be the United States Supreme Court, 2001. nonoyes Mar 2013 #13

Right, they have to open the door the same as they do for any other activities. cbayer Mar 2013 #14

Actually, all other activities do not enjoy that same privilege nonoyes Mar 2013 #18

You are reading it wrong. cbayer Mar 2013 #19

I am quoting from the video from a human rights lawyer nonoyes Mar 2013 #20

Here's another legal strategy. Schools can prohibit abuse & discrimination in their facilities. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #23

That's pretty good SpartanDem Mar 2013 #26

Eric Cernyar, who's an attorney that is working with Dawkins and Stewart, is doing this. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #28

Sounds like a plan IrishAyes Mar 2013 #45

Wrong. Read your own article SpartanDem Mar 2013 #24

Some schools have done that. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #25

Firstly, that is not "my own article" nor is it written by a man. nonoyes Mar 2013 #27

It's a quote in the article you linked to SpartanDem Mar 2013 #29

I think you don't read nor post very accurately nonoyes Mar 2013 #32

One more thing - I can't watch the video because of my location, but I did take the time cbayer Mar 2013 #12

Happy to know you are investigating this. nonoyes Mar 2013 #15

Yes, I know. I posted links to several in my first response to this OP. cbayer Mar 2013 #16

I looked at the video and have several reactions. Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #17

Here's another video - a mini-presentation about the lessons taught in Good News Clubs. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #21

Religion is cool. rrneck Mar 2013 #30

On one t-shirt from last week that made me laugh: backscatter712 Mar 2013 #31

Lots of people walk away from xtianity because it crushes your self-esteem and your soul. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #33

And yet others find that it nurtures them and makes them better people. cbayer Mar 2013 #34

I agree - some of the core teachings of Christianity are toxic, to be blunt. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #35

Original sin is not a concept shared by most mainline protestant denominations. cbayer Mar 2013 #36

It's what I was taught when I was a kid. I grew up going to a mainline Presbyterian church. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #37

When I was a kid, the only people I knew who were cbayer Mar 2013 #38

Why do you always assume skepticscott Mar 2013 #40

The concept of original sin and the sinful nature of man is common in Protestant denominations. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #42

Do you have a list of those that do and those that don't? cbayer Mar 2013 #47

Not on me. (Edit, found some info) backscatter712 Mar 2013 #48

Thanks. I was having trouble finding any list at all. cbayer Mar 2013 #49

I was raised ELCA Lutheran, and original sin is part of its dogma. trotsky Mar 2013 #64

Calvinism still has deep roots in American culture and identity n/t arcane1 Apr 2013 #68

Well, let's see skepticscott Mar 2013 #39

It was in the mainline Protestant church I grew up in. trotsky Mar 2013 #41

I go through this argument all the time on DU. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #43

Wow, I didn't know I was dealing with the definitive word on christianity here. cbayer Mar 2013 #46

I looked up the disciples of christ confession of faith. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #50

I got nothing? Where did you see something about original sin there? cbayer Mar 2013 #51

The part about Jesus being the Savior. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #52

That's not logical at all. There are all kinds of sin and many are taught cbayer Mar 2013 #53

I'm using their logic, not my logic. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #54

Again, you are basing all your assumptions on a limited knowledge of different denominations. cbayer Mar 2013 #55

Citations needed. Back up your statements. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #56

christiananswers.net? cbayer Mar 2013 #57

What's your source? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #58

Bingo! IrishAyes Mar 2013 #62

I was raised similarly to you - respect other's beliefs or lack of beliefs as long cbayer Mar 2013 #63

Original sin is a made-up doctrine.You Will never hear about it in most liberal churches--never! Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #65

You say you were never taught about original sin. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #59

I was taught bible stories as metaphors and lessons for living. cbayer Mar 2013 #60

It's a story! nt Thats my opinion Mar 2013 #66

You're preaching to the choir. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #67

George W. Bush's DOJ worked on behalf of these bastards. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #61