really take your own advice?. I have read several times that you think people should be silent, especially at school. When I went to school, it was a place to discuss and compare and contrast views, because the exchange of ideas is an exercise that promotes critical thinking. Surely you don't think that Atheistic assumptions are the only ones permissable? Just curious.
Oh, also, my edit button doesn't work on the questions, so I really can't respond individually. :(
2006-10-19 16:32:31 · 10 answers · asked by Debra N 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can discuss your religion in my schools, if you allow a devil worshiper to discuss religion in your children's bible study class.
Schools are no more a forum for a religious philosophy than bible classes are a forum for anti-religious philosophies.
2006-10-19 16:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'm Wiccan. Yes, I keep silent. You wouldn't believe the persecution you can face from members of Christianity when you admit you're a witch. I'm only open and honest about it online and I only answer questions about Wicca if I'm asked directly in real life.
It's safer.
Until you've been followed down the street by some freak with a bible yelling about how you "need to find the light of god", you've never experienced anything.
2006-10-19 17:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very few people advise Christians to be silent, as a rule. I don't know anyone who doesn't believe that Christians have freedom of speech the same as any American citizen has. AND you are right... school, at the university level, is a place to exchange ideas, including controversial ones. But public school, particularly at the elementary and middle school are not a place for students to present their views, they are a place for students to learn from their teachers.
Religion, including Christianity, is certainly an acceptable topic of discussion in public schools, provided it is in the context of comparative religion studies, philosophy, or literature. NO public teacher or public school should be allowed to teach religion, any religion. This was happening in the '50's, and that is why the Supreme Court ruled against mandatory prayer in public schools.
My ex-wife is a firm believer in prayer in public schools. I asked her one day what she would think if our kids ended up in a class with a Muslim teacher who led them in Muslim prayers. Or a Mormon or Jehovah's Witness, for that matter. Of course THAT would be unacceptable to her. Only Christian prayers and teachings should be allowed in public schools, and even at that, only the ones that she agreed with. That just shows the fallacy and hypocrasy of Christians' demand for prayer in public schools.
And to answer your second point, teaching science (I presume that's your complaint, since Christians don't generally condemn the teaching of English or Mathmatics)... Teaching science that does not agree with your interpretation of the Bible does not constitute "Athiestic Assumptions." This problem with religion versus science goes back to Gallileo, who stood to be burned at the stake because he dared suggest that the earth moves around the sun, when the Church said the earth was fixed and the sun moved.
It is imperative that SCIENCE, not RELIGION be taught in our science classes.
2006-10-19 17:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by Don P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't wish you would be completely and utterly silent, but since there seems to be no way to reach a happy medium, and these vapid bangers won't back down one single millimeter and will keep pressing on until they control everything, I suppose a gag order is the only way................For all I know you might be a great person, respectful and tolerant--but you have to admit, those are rare traits to find in christians these days, and the more common tyrants and zealots need boundaries--I'm thinking a razorwire fence
2006-10-19 16:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I support every person's right to their religion, as it usually improves mental health. However, I prefer not to have anyone try to shove their religion down my throat. If I want to know about your religion, I will ask.
2006-10-19 16:35:43 · answer #5 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most of those i know that do not believe are okay with your beliefs. the problem is that you presume to tell us how wrong we are and that we need saving. you can talk about religion, its okay, we will discuss it with you, up until you start preaching instead of talking. thats where you lose us
2006-10-19 16:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by fn_49@hotmail.com 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
**sigh** the poor persecuted Christian routine again. do American Christians pray to their deity for nonChristians to start beating them up in the street so they'll have something REAL to complain about?
2006-10-19 16:43:15 · answer #7 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The wisdom of this world is foolishness unto God.
2006-10-19 16:35:28 · answer #8 · answered by jp 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Ho Ho Ho.Merry Christmas.
2006-10-19 16:35:50 · answer #9 · answered by Santa Claus 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
good idea
2006-10-19 16:37:22 · answer #10 · answered by george p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋