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Respect is not love. I respect spiders, I do not love them.Love of who? Certainly not these children. If they loved them than they would respect them enough not to push their religion on them.
Oh yeah, children can think for themsevles, that seems to be working just fine.For many Christians, love != respect. Rather, "love" means treating everyone around you as though they're helpless and unable to think for themselves, and as if you need to micromanage their lives for them, rather than simply let them be.
I read the Bible in school and found freedom.Oh yeah, children can think for themsevles, that seems to be working just fine.
And, "let them be", another magic fomula for the mess we are making of this society.
My daughter is a teacher, my grandson is in private school. The system will not even keep it's own.
The bible is the best thing that ever happned to this world. It's the best plan for life we have.
People read it and instantly go brain dead (to the world), it's so dangerous it has been known to remove drugs from whole households. The effects are downright scary, a kid might understand that he's not pond skum. He may learn that love is unconditional, that forgivness is freedom, who knows what the affects of such learnings might be...
Yes to vouchers!
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to sacredsin again."So they can easily influence the minds of the children which look up to them (adults) for knowledge.
Personally, I don't think any religion should be able to distribute their materials at school when children are learning. Kids should be able to bring their own material to read for personal use if they are not causing a disruption or reading during class time, but adults should not be able to shove religion (regardless of type) at the kids of others. Although I believe this is how things already are for the most part, lol. Religion has no place in public schools.
Some of the things you mention are biblical truths. Who knows where your journey may take you? I'll pray that God draws you to Him.I read the Bible in school and found freedom.
I found human dignity and a reason to live every moment to its fullest, to treasure ephemeral beauty, to seek the liberty of forgiveness and the wholeness of loving my fellow human beings and of trying to bring more compassion and joy to the world.
In atheism.
He might also decide that shrimp are evil, and that its ok to massacre entire cities if theyve offended god in some inexplicable way or other. At least, thats what an impressionable young mind might get from the first half!Oh yeah, children can think for themsevles, that seems to be working just fine.
And, "let them be", another magic fomula for the mess we are making of this society.
My daughter is a teacher, my grandson is in private school. The system will not even keep it's own.
The bible is the best thing that ever happned to this world. It's the best plan for life we have.
People read it and instantly go brain dead (to the world), it's so dangerous it has been known to remove drugs from whole households. The effects are downright scary, a kid might understand that he's not pond skum. He may learn that love is unconditional, that forgivness is freedom, who knows what the affects of such learnings might be...
Yes to vouchers!
Oh yeah, children can think for themsevles, that seems to be working just fine.
And, "let them be", another magic fomula for the mess we are making of this society.
You demonstrate that you were never taught how to think, since you spout off claims like this with no basis in reality - merely in Christian propaganda. If your parents and teachers had taught you how to think, you'd instantly notice several very disturbing errors in your statement above.The bible is the best thing that ever happned to this world. It's the best plan for life we have.
AKA - lose touch with reality.People read it and instantly go brain dead (to the world),
it's so dangerous it has been known to remove drugs from whole households. The effects are downright scary, a kid might understand that he's not pond skum. He may learn that love is unconditional, that forgivness is freedom, who knows what the affects of such learnings might be...
Yes to vouchers!
I pay more in taxes each year than I do for my childrens tuition.So the taxpayers can pay for your kids' religious instruction?
I don't understand why it's such a big deal to have secular public schools. Why should people not instruct their children in their religion the way they feel it should be done? Why are people so eager for the government to be doing that job?
I pay more in taxes each year than I do for my childrens tuition.
I'd like that part of my taxes to go toward the school of our choice, where the curriculum is determined by myself and the faculty - not the government. I want freedom from government involvement in my childs education.
Are you saying that a "truly secular" school system would condemn homosexuality (for which only religious reasons exist), tell children that the world is God's creation, or that there is an absolute moral authority laid out by an all-powerful god?If the public school systems were truly secular and did not try to influence my childs opinions on so many things with which we disagree then I might consider sending them to one- but so long as the schools are permitted to teach that homosexual behavior is natural, that our world is not a creation of God, and all of the other relativistic BS they teach kids today then we'll have no part of it.
That's because it's not secular.What we teach in the home and what is taught in their private school is consistent.
If you accept tuition vouchers from the government, the government becomes involved in your child's education. Do you think the government will put tax dollars into any school without requiring reporting and accountability?I pay more in taxes each year than I do for my childrens tuition.
I'd like that part of my taxes to go toward the school of our choice, where the curriculum is determined by myself and the faculty - not the government. I want freedom from government involvement in my childs education.
I pay more in taxes each year than I do for my childrens tuition.
I'd like that part of my taxes to go toward the school of our choice, where the curriculum is determined by myself and the faculty - not the government. I want freedom from government involvement in my childs education.
If the public school systems were truly secular and did not try to influence my childs opinions on so many things with which we disagree then I might consider sending them to one- but so long as the schools are permitted to teach that homosexual behavior is natural, that our world is not a creation of God, and all of the other relativistic BS they teach kids today then we'll have no part of it.
What we teach in the home and what is taught in their private school is consistent.
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