tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post679558972474550973..comments2023-10-21T01:54:29.888-07:00Comments on Feminist Christian Socialist: Religious education in public schoolsLunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-74865341189958225972011-05-18T13:58:00.034-07:002011-05-18T13:58:00.034-07:00Is there actually any organisation campaigning for...Is there actually any organisation campaigning for your point-of-view there? There seem to be many Christian organisations campaigning bent on control.<br /><br />I'm for general religious education, but having it 90% Christian seems a lot too much to me. Of course they can't cover every religion out there, but the goal should at least be to introduce the children to all world religions, preferably more than that.<br /><br />By the way, I think you will not find many atheists stating there is/are no God/gods. Not You didn't say that, but some atheists on the internet can be pretty rude about that point.Ignorancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08840540848601019925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-89147453044989264142011-05-17T12:47:43.713-07:002011-05-17T12:47:43.713-07:00I really get upset by how badly organized religion...I really get upset by how badly organized religion has screwed up religion. I'm sorry you had such a bad run with it, harebell. I only had the one bad teacher in that subject area. And I think I learned more trying to prove him wrong than I did doing anything else. :)Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-25824215028934020752011-05-16T22:11:05.044-07:002011-05-16T22:11:05.044-07:00Like you my slide began when the Padre said, "...Like you my slide began when the Padre said, "everything has a cause... except...." then I was told to go to the Headies office and wait for my mom to pick me up. <br />It's been bye bye religion ever since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-6642233838909713672011-05-16T18:03:32.376-07:002011-05-16T18:03:32.376-07:00No, they didn't. I didn't mean to say that...No, they didn't. I didn't mean to say that they were fine with it the way it was, unlike the Christian groups.<br /><br />And I LOVE that they want to empower children to disagree. They should definitely be allowed to do that. I remember getting in *so* much shit in highschool for bucking against the teacher in Christian Ethics. It didn't help that I was a smarty pants, and would call up my uncle (a priest) to check my info and give myself more ammo. Hah. I made that bastard eat his words a few times.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-47750340499986138042011-05-16T17:57:07.204-07:002011-05-16T17:57:07.204-07:00I reckon that the CLA probably didn't agree wi...I reckon that the CLA probably didn't agree with the present set up either and it probably was based on the compulsory attendance nature of it's application and the disproportionate weight given to xtianity in the course. They are at least remaining consistent to that ideal, whereas the xtians are exhibiting double standards.<br /><br />It also appears that they want to empower the child to disagree with their mentors to a higher degree too.<br />http://ccla.org/2011/05/10/ccla-to-intervene-in-case-on-religious-freedom-in-schools/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-75270260857741271282011-05-16T17:34:04.312-07:002011-05-16T17:34:04.312-07:00From the article... "In the against column we...From the article... "In the against column we have the secular Civil Liberties Association". <br /><br />It doesn't say there why they're against it, but I heard an interview on the radio about it and they were opposed to any religious education.<br /><br />I'm glad you're not opposed. I think the biggest reason it's focused so much on Christianity is because of the place that Christianity has in Quebec's culture and history. But I do think that 90% is a little much!Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-69608917100576790002011-05-16T17:22:02.592-07:002011-05-16T17:22:02.592-07:00Nice link, but just one small issue with your post...Nice link, but just one small issue with your post. You wrote, "The secular opponents are grumbling that they don't want their kids learning about religion at all."<br />The article never mentioned anything about secular opponents at all. Every quote was from an educator or mostly one of the xtian cults who thought 90% of the curriculum wasn't enough for them.<br />As an atheist I would have no objection to a comparative religious course being offered to students at all. I would prefer equal time to be given to each of the topics within the course and also some time given to rejecting religious belief altogether.<br /><br />I'm pleased this course isn't being pushed into the Science curriculum, but it appears the xtians don't like it impinging on their publicly funded indoctrination time. Funny thing that karma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com