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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I do get your point, I just think they made a poor choice for their excuse. "Troublemaker" getting expelled is a lot less contentious then their choice.
I recognize the trend as well. However, I think I am fairly Universal in my examination of this sort of intolerence. I would be just as quick to condemn a homosexual school that banned straights.
The thing is, Christianity of this sort, seems to me to step away from what I see as the intention of Christianity and just use the religion as a prop for their personal intolerance. I take comfort in the fact that given enough time, this sort of intolerance will fade into the past like the nonsense it is.
I wonder at the source for this story. It originated with the LA Times and was picked up by AP. These are the only two sources so far and the AP story is based in the LA Times one. Given that the parents aren't going to appeal the decision I wonder who called the paper?
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well, I suppose as the guy said to me, maybe that's the beauty of the cult of Jesus. Because so little of what he really said survives first hand - you can believe what you wish about him, and see "true Christianity" as representing the values that you hold to be true.
So I can choose to see Yeshua, a socialist and pacifist Rabbi, preaching equality, forbidding private property, and a mantra of love all the people
And someone with a different world view to me can see Jesus: a divine virgin of a virgin mother, forbidding divorce and immorality, saying he has come to reinforce the law of Moses.
And yes, of course its true that the story may be not as it is presented, but there are two debates. And the main one I think is "what is the opinion if these facts are true" and the second is "what is this situation here."
If you believe the school has acted acceptably in this report - then if it is not true it is a secondary issue - the main point is if you support the right for a school to practice this kind of discrimination.
I think age is definitely an issue in the way people see this. As I said, I posted the same link from Fark on a message board I go on that is a younger crowd... and everyone was united against the school. Here, where the group is more diverse, there are some people who support it. I think there are many issues in this that way that indicate a great divide, two America's.
How you want to characterise the divide is down to how you view society. I myself see it as a divide between those people who will make the revolution, and those who will resist it initially.