Keeping Church and State Seperate...

[sunrise]

What list? ......... No one told me about a stinking hate list! ....... Your free to express your individual opinions! .......... Keep on expressing, you my have a convert among the mist!

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[Mzungu]

So i have to ask...and be honest...has anyone's opinion of me changed now that you all know how anti Jesus i am? I just realized that I planned on hosting a GHAC meeting and i didn't want anyone to skip the meeting based on the things I've said on this thread.

Am I on the hated list as well?

Oh, come on, guys!

If you remember from the rules to which you are adhering by participating in this forum: What happens in this forum, stays in this forum. No exceptions.

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[Nickintex]

So i have to ask...and be honest...has anyone's opinion of me changed now that you all know how anti Jesus i am? I just realized that I planned on hosting a GHAC meeting and i didn't want anyone to skip the meeting based on the things I've said on this thread.

Am I on the hated list as well?

[FrontosaurusRex]

So i have to ask...and be honest...has anyone's opinion of me changed now that you all know how anti Jesus i am? I just realized that I planned on hosting a GHAC meeting and i didn't want anyone to skip the meeting based on the things I've said on this thread.

[FrontosaurusRex]

I think an option for the history of religion should definitely be allowed in high schools. I love learning about all the different religions...i have found that a bunch if the religions are actually very similar.

[Darbex]

I believe world religions should be a mandatory history class and much more important than knowing some of the other crap they teach. But I feel that they should put the discussion on how this nation was founded back in the history books when they teach US history. Instead they tried to diminish its roll and importance.

[ImaGuyGeek]

As an elective, I can see. But to be fair, there should be courses on Judaism, Buddhism, etc.
What I believe in is fairness to all religions, not just favoritism toward Christianity.
This may be hard to believe, but I am NOT anti-religion. I am favor of fairness and against people trying to force their religion on others.

Nick, I mean this with the utmost respect and in the most literal sense. I do believe you are not anti-religion but you do come across as anti-Christianity some times. Now with that said, "Fairness" is a nice feel good word but what exactly do you mean by that? It seems like you are leaning more towards total equality. I find it completely unfair to deny Christianity the respect it deserves as the foundation for this great nation that offers you and everyone else that lives here freedoms you would not otherwise have were it not for the Founding Fathers and their Christian beliefs. None of the other religions you want treated with complete "fairness" played a part in the founding of this country. That does not mean other religions don't deserve respect, it just means that they did not play an equal part in the forming of this country and therefor are not equal in the history of the United States.

[marauder_77868]

Does anyone else find it ironic that we are talking about public school education and the word "separate" is misspelled in the title of the thread?

[Nickintex]

I always felt bad for the Jehovah's Witness kids at Halloween, Christmas, and Easter.

I can understand why public schools should not be religious based, but religion in public schools as elective courses would be just fine I think. No differnt than people taking music, autoshop, or sports?

As an elective, I can see. But to be fair, there should be courses on Judaism, Buddhism, etc.
What I believe in is fairness to all religions, not just favoritism toward Christianity.
This may be hard to believe, but I am NOT anti-religion. I am favor of fairness and against people trying to force their religion on others.

[geoff_tropheus]

I always felt bad for the Jehovah's Witness kids at Halloween, Christmas, and Easter.

I can understand why public schools should not be religious based, but religion in public schools as elective courses would be just fine I think. No differnt than people taking music, autoshop, or sports?

[ImaGuyGeek]

I also find it ironic that in the name of "Diversity and Tolerance" people are so intolerant of the diversity provided by the inclusion in school curriculum of the principals that this country was founded on.

[Nickintex]

[ImaGuyGeek]

I'd love to see how that would fly at say, Bellaire High School, where a huge percentage of the students are from Jewish backgrounds. This is my point.

Oh no! Riots? Mass hysteria? or maybe if it's an elective it will just have low attendance. I don't hear of Jewish students bursting into flames or having prison yard style riots in the schools when Christmas or Easter holidays roll around.

[ImaGuyGeek]

Ok, let's just say, ok, the public schools are gonna teach the bible and Christianity (too bad for the Jewish students). So, whose version are they supposed to teach? Catholic? Southern Baptist? Mormon? Episcopalian? Lutheran? Pentecostal?
Get the point?

Except for Morman, I believe they all use the same Bible.

The error you are making nick is in mixing the Bible and Christianity with Churches and denomination. Teaching the Bible does not = Teaching religion

[Nickintex]

Ok, let's just say, ok, the public schools are gonna teach the bible and Christianity (too bad for the Jewish students). So, whose version are they supposed to teach? Catholic? Southern Baptist? Mormon? Episcopalian? Lutheran? Pentecostal?
Get the point?