kristus Posted May 22, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10141121.stm http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/education-challenge-679/topics/do-you-support-texas-board Discuss. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted May 22, 2010 As someone who lives in a country where there is still no state/church separation and there has always been a compulsory religion class at school (this includes high school), that wouldn't surprise me if I still was in my school years. Of course now I consider it a step backwards. Then again in Italy where such a separation had occured, they still had an (optional) religion class where only the Catholic religion was taught, and said religion was still granted a privileged status by the (otherwise laical) law. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted May 22, 2010 Yeah, This is further down the spiral from when I posted Texas' prop to remove political figureheads. Sad really. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 22, 2010 Both political sides in Texas have already stated their disapproval about this, and this is the actions of a few powerful individuals, and not the entire state. I want you to know that. these are 9 people that have too much power as it is. 0 Share this post Link to post
lupinx-Kassman Posted May 22, 2010 Well that straight sucks. Glad I already graduated. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted May 22, 2010 It's not just promoting Christianity, it's also promoting far-right paranoia (e.g. "the UN is a threat to America"). Plus the whole Tea Party doctrine which is far too simplistic a viewpoint to be relevant. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted May 22, 2010 Gez said:It's not just promoting Christianity, it's also promoting far-right paranoia (e.g. "the UN is a threat to America"). Plus the whole Tea Party doctrine which is far too simplistic a viewpoint to be relevant. Yes, I actually thought that was more important than just the Christian aspect of it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted May 22, 2010 I'm all for it promoting Christianity. But thats as much as I know about the reform - anyone care to paraphrase or point out a link describing it? 0 Share this post Link to post
RestlessRodent Posted May 22, 2010 Gez said:(e.g. "the UN is a threat to America") The UN is a threat to America! 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted May 22, 2010 Who created the UN again? And where is it located? 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted May 22, 2010 Csonicgo said:Both political sides in Texas have already stated their disapproval about this, and this is the actions of a few powerful individuals, and not the entire state. I want you to know that. these are 9 people that have too much power as it is. That's what scares me most. Mind you, any sort of teaching will have some sort of implied doctrine, but eventually it gets to be ridiculous. What's next, we're taught that it's biblically provable (and therefore true without argument) that saturated fat, excess amounts of salt, and adding sugar to everything is good for us? IMO, somebody wants money and/or power, and they see a way to get it without making it apparent. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 22, 2010 GhostlyDeath said:The UN is a threat to America! Your posting is a threat to logical discourse! 0 Share this post Link to post
SoM Posted May 22, 2010 The UN is a threat to America! Wait, someone made a typo.... There's an extra h in that sentence. The UN is a treat to America! There we go 0 Share this post Link to post
John Smith Posted May 22, 2010 The UN is such a threat to us that it has a giant headquarters in Manhattan, constantly terrorizing it's citizenry. Black vans get sent out from the place and little children disappear It's like a supervillain headquarters in a comic book or something. Except for the part that its exactly nothing like what I just described after the headquarters bit. 0 Share this post Link to post
scalliano Posted May 23, 2010 Like America gives two fucks what the UN thinks... 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted May 23, 2010 John Smith said:The UN is such a threat to us that it has a giant headquarters in ManhattanIt's in international territory. 0 Share this post Link to post
RestlessRodent Posted May 23, 2010 John Smith said:The UN is such a threat to us that it has a giant headquarters in Manhattan, constantly terrorizing it's citizenry. Black vans get sent out from the place and little children disappear It's like a supervillain headquarters in a comic book or something. Except for the part that its exactly nothing like what I just described after the headquarters bit. I heard they are building a bomb shelter across the street for all of the UN delegates so that when New York gets nuked they can still discuss what to do about it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 23, 2010 GhostlyDeath said:I heard they are building a bomb shelter across the street for all of the UN delegates so that when New York gets nuked they can still discuss what to do about it. And none of that implies anything sinister, evil or shows any intent of malice on the UN's part at all. I would expect them to do this. It's fucking common sense. 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted May 23, 2010 Enjay said:Yes, I actually thought that was more important than just the Christian aspect of it. Yes, but that's IMO a further step of their irrational paranoia they have towards history, science and well. anything that doesn't coincide with their beliefs. Csonicgo: That really just makes it worse. That a small minority of people can do this reform, affecting a lot of different states without it being challenged for another 10 years. GhostlyDeath said:I heard they are building a bomb shelter across the street for all of the UN delegates so that when New York gets nuked they can still discuss what to do about it. The UN isn't a war-machine, you know that right? 0 Share this post Link to post
Phobus Posted May 23, 2010 Am I the only one who thinks GhostlyDeath may well be being sarcastic? 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted May 23, 2010 It's a possibility, but he's got an excellent track record of brain farts. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted May 23, 2010 Planky said:I'm all for it promoting Christianity. Why? 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted May 23, 2010 kristus said: Yes, but that's IMO a further step of their irrational paranoia they have towards history, science and well. anything that doesn't coincide with their beliefs. There is a practical side to it. It shows how economic and religious fundamentalism are two facets of the same thing. You naturally need strict religion in an economic system of exploitation, as people can't tolerate abuse without delusion. Often it can appear that right wing libertarians and religious conservatives are only incidentally related, but they are inseparable. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted May 23, 2010 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- As if public school wasn't bad enough as it is. 0 Share this post Link to post
CODOR Posted May 23, 2010 Partition36 said: What's next, we're taught that it's biblically provable (and therefore true without argument) that saturated fat, excess amounts of salt, and adding sugar to everything is good for us?Leviticus 3:17 says: It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.(Most of Leviticus gets ignored these days, except for some reason the bits about homosexuality...) GhostlyDeath said: I heard they are building a bomb shelter across the street for all of the UN delegates so that when New York gets nuked they can still discuss what to do about it.Big deal, I hear there's a bomb shelter under the East Wing of the White House. (Except as Csonicgo points out, it makes sense to do so. So much sense that they actually did it.) 0 Share this post Link to post
bimlanders Posted May 28, 2010 Partition36 said: saturated fat, excess amounts of salt, and adding sugar to everything is good for us? IMO, somebody wants money and/or power, and they see a way to get it without making it apparent. [/B] Religion isn't the only entity that brainwashes people. Ask the Vegetable Oil racket why evil ol' saturated fat is so bad for us. I'm sure that they'll have no conflict of interest explaining their side of it, or why the FDA jumped on board of unproven assertions when the money was rolling in. But I don't wish to derail this topic. So I'll leave anyone curious to look into the matter on his or her own. That is all. 0 Share this post Link to post
E.J. Posted May 28, 2010 Religion, any religion, has no place in a public educational system. It adds nothing to the necessary educational skills that youth need today, or has in any era/age. In the USA, anyone is free to practice their religion in their personal lives, whatever that religion may be. That's why we already have separation of church & state statutes in place, enough said. 0 Share this post Link to post
WOG Posted May 28, 2010 With all these degenerate eurosocialist scumbags spreading their filth around the globe, I say go for it Texas, breed a stronger generation of conservatives, be the bastion of freedom, save yourselves and don't take shite from anybody, specially the UN, they're all red as a baboon's arse and utterly undeserving of any respect or consideration. Nuke'em all and ship them corpses back to France. 0 Share this post Link to post