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Originally Posted by pan6467
See but your militant beliefs are such that you promote hatred, disrespect and ignorance of others religions.
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And you're getting these ideas from where? I can't remember promoting hatred or ignorance of religions. As a matter of fact, most atheists just want to go about living our lives without being killed or having to move because we don't have a personal relationship with Jesus.
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Like I originally stated, if you have a school that teaches ALL major religions equally and allows questions and thought provoking exchanges, you allow for understanding, acceptance and perhaps respect from each other.
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We do learn about religion, in history class. We don't pray, though. We don't have god taking any kind of administrative role at the school.
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By disregarding it, ignoring it, disallowing it because of YOUR beliefs..... you do not allow the possibility for children to be exposed to other religions, to other beliefs and to have that understanding, acceptance or respect of others beliefs. What is the point of school if not to open children's minds to other's ideas? School is just as important socially as it is educationally.
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Religion has it's own school that can be run by people of that faith. What if a teacher is Christian and asked to teach people how to pray to Allah? That's just asking for serious problems, and it's not like there's a shortage of churches or bible schools.
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I would argue that a country that allows open discussion of all religions (while not preaching just one) is one that is more open and accepting of others than ours ever has been.
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You can discuss it, sure. Don't make school into a religious institution, though.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
As for neutral..... I don't see your solution as neutral at all. I see it as divisive , extremist and hate mongering.
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If we lived in a theocracy, it'd make sense to have church presence in school. We don't. We allow for church to be free to preach. We don't preach in schools because we're not a theocracy. It has nothing to do with hatred. It's about equality.
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True neutrality in a school would be educating on ALL religious viewpoints, not "ignoring the question" not as some "compromise" because it isn't a compromise....it is YOU dictating your views and expecting everyone else to accept what you deem as "best for the country"..... again I ask (and you cvhoose to ignore and skip this question every time) What is the difference between YOUR extremism and that of a Christians, Muslims, etc.?
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You can't be an extremist atheist. There are no atheist bombings. There are no atheist crusades. One can be an extremist while being an atheist, I suppose, but there is no connection between the extremism and the atheism. We have no doctrine to be extreme about. We just don't believe in something.