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Any course about the Bible needs to include information about how it plagiarized other ancient text and has been used to discriminate against various groups of people throughout history.
i dont see the point really, the bible is a religious book and christians believe in it. surely, any attempt to teach it from a neutral point of view will be seen as an insult as after all thats not how christians believe it is meant to be taught, and christians are the majority in america unfortunately…
well, they cant but will. the fact that they excuses an arguments are outdated isnt going to stop them. they still use them. and most people will probably be won over and believe the lies.
Graduation ceremonies are about community and the individual students and their growth. I think people of any beliefs should be able to express those beliefs at a school graduations. Secularism doesn’t make sense when individuals are the focal points. My high school was pretty open to multiple cultures; the situation may be more complex nowadays or in different regions. When on individual bases, prayer shouldn’t offend. I wouldn’t have been offended.
I doubt many schools will find teachers capable of teaching the Bible from a secular perspective. As much as I would have appreciated a class about the Bible from its historical (and plagiarized!) perspective when I was in high school, teaching subjects that carry such emotional weight is too difficult. Just leave holy books out of school curriculum, even for electives.
Very true and very frightening.
in high school here in sweden, we read from the bible via our religion books, (with different faiths), everybody was laughing and angry what the book said, also with islam and pascifistic buddhism and how hinduism divided people in different casts…
Religion should NEVER be allowed in schools. Unfortunatley as they said in the video the religious right is still finds tons of back doors to sneak in their propaganda. Even my mother who is a very devoted Catholic is against religion being taught in schools, because in this town the majority of the population is Southern Baptist and they have spread so much hate propaganda against Catholics and non-believers alike.The fundalmentalist are the main ones behind this. Religion is a cancer.
You wouldn’t have objected because more than likely the prayer would be to “your god.” What about others in your school who worship another god. You don’t know the religion of every student at your school and how dare you to assume! I find the whole thing offensive! Religion should be kept out of public schools period! You are the reason we have separation of church and state!
>the prayer would be to “your god.”
I doubt that. I’m not religious.
>You are the reason we have separation of church and state!
“Keeping religion out of public schools” is called indoctrination. Let the teachers teach from secular perspectives; let the students believe what the want. Secularism applies to what is _taught_, not what is believed.
My opinion is that graduation ceremonies regard the students, not the curricula. The students who take offence at others’ beliefs are those at fault.
Yes but not all students share the same religion so you can’t please them all. Just keep prayer out of it period! I am not religious either and do not like to sit thru other peoples prayers. They are silly and a waste of time!
public school mean a whole varities of religion and cultures that come together. however its unconstitutional that public schools promote or do anything religionous whether its be christianity, muslim, hebrew w/e no public school should do anything, no praying, no reading the bible, nothing of the sort. thats why theres catholic schools or religion private schools. no religion should ever interfere with public. thats just pisses me off that christianity epecially tries forcing their beliefs.
ummmm, the high school I went to had a freshman slave day. Where you had to carry a seniors books, bus their tray, clean their locker, etc.
You just wait until you need God! You’ll be on your knees begging for help! Guess what, because of Jesus, your Lord and Saviour, you’ll be forgiven for all of this crap! Your day will come….you’ll need Him!!
He doesn’t exist.
The day will soon come when the Theists will need us. Wait you already do. Next time you need medical help go to a church instead of the hospital. Pray instead of seeking treatment. I hope god saves you.
But don’t spat in the face of us, the godless and then come begging us to save or your life. If it is part of gods plan you won’t die right?
If not will god send you to hell if subvert his plan and get Atheist science to keep you alive longer than her planned.
Correction: Longer than he Had had Planned.
lol lame
So what are you doing using the technology provided to you via science? Why not follow your own book’s teachings? Mark 10: 21 :Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.”
So, go sell all your worldly possessions and live following Jesus’s teachings. Oh wait, that would probably lead to your death so you wont.
Thank you for this inspirational comment.
Now I’ll kneel down in front of my fridge begging for a cold beer. I need it.
We shall see. And when we do see, we shall laugh. And you shall cry.
That’s fair.
So, if the class valedictorian is a Muslim, you would not have a problem with them giving a Muslim prayer at graduation? How about a hindu? Taoist?
Take it a step further… Satanist?
Satanism is a religion as well… shall we offer a prayer up to old scratch? Or is that going too far? See, you can’t have “a little” religion without allowing ALL religions.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Neg, it’s a non-prophet disorganization.
what is this song?