Should Religion be banned from schools?

[unriggable]

ATM There is a backlash against atheism within the Bible belt.

[Jehan]

just replying to the original poster, i think religions should be allowed to be practised freely or rejected freely, according to the choice of the individual student. I don't know how it is in the States, but over here there are far worse things than religion when it comes to restricting free, creative or even logical thought. Such as a syllabus which encourages rote learning more than anything else.

[muy_thaiguy]

just replying to the original poster, i think religions should be allowed to be practised freely or rejected freely, according to the choice of the individual student. I don't know how it is in the States, but over here there are far worse things than religion when it comes to restricting free, creative or even logical thought. Such as a syllabus which encourages rote learning more than anything else.

I think it depends on where you go to school, really.

[got tonkaed]

i wasnt claiming that there was anything necessarily wrong with it, just that the group of people highlighted in jesus camp are not nearly as minority of a group as say the westboro baptist church. The good and the bad that the belief system of that type of conservative xianty (jesus camp) shouldnt be discounted going forward.

[Napoleon Ier]

just replying to the original poster, i think religions should be allowed to be practised freely or rejected freely, according to the choice of the individual student. I don't know how it is in the States, but over here there are far worse things than religion when it comes to restricting free, creative or even logical thought. Such as a syllabus which encourages rote learning more than anything else.

YOU AS WELL!??
ITS GOD-AWFUL!

OCR, AQA, Edexcel are the ENEMY!

[graeme89]

Should religion be banned from CC ? Your thoughts

[got tonkaed]

Should religion be banned from CC ? Your thoughts

i tell you what....in this forum war (or at least i hear there is one going on) if you get rid of religion....what next? Then its historical debate, then scientific "debate", then politics altogether.

Do you want the spammers to win? Have a little care about yourself sir, these could be dark days ahead.

(im kidding here, but why not keep religion around)

[silvanricky]

Should religion be banned from CC ? Your thoughts

i tell you what....in this forum war (or at least i hear there is one going on) if you get rid of religion....what next? Then its historical debate, then scientific "debate", then politics altogether.

Do you want the spammers to win? Have a little care about yourself sir, these could be dark days ahead.

(im kidding here, but why not keep religion around)

Banning something doesn't make it disappear and those who are told you can't talk about it anymore start viewing themselves as martyrs. Before you know it their belief starts gaining popularity like wildfire and you have to deal with more zealots than before you banned it.

Just wanted to spout my own thoughts on this before I said you made some good points of your own Mr. Tonka.

[viperbitex]

... OK, a few Yes or No questions (opinions, explanations welcome)

... In US public schools, should the following be permitted?

... 1. Kids praying (on their own or in groups of kids) before lunch.

... 2. Kids wearing "Jesus Loves You" shirts.

... 3. Teachers wearing "Jesus Loves You" shirts.

... 4. Teachers wearing "Who would Jesus bomb?" shirts. (seen those?)

... 5. A student Christian club using school facilities (meeting in a classroom after school, ie)

... 6. Prayers said during school hours for all students after some great tragedy (9/11, whatever)

... 7. A school-wide "Moment of Silence" in the same situation

... 8. Kids wearing those little hats Jews wear (forgot what they are called)

... 9. Teachers in those hats.

... That's it.

...

1. Yes
2. Yes, but they should be prepared for ridicule
3. No, teachers (like it or not) are remodels for kids...at least pre-highschool kids
4. No, as funny as it might be
5. Yes, as long as the students attending did so on their own free will
6. No. Moment of silence is acceptable though
7. Ha ha ha, see #6
8. Yes, fine to wear
9. Yes also. The hats (yamikas??) are an important part of Jewish males' religion, they don't hurt anyone and they aren't preachy so who cares

[THORNHEART]

if it should be banned then so should evolution which is a religion to its believers...present both issues fairly then let kids decide...but it wont happen cause when presented side by side only 1 makes sense and evolutionists are afraid to lose their popularity and control over the minds of the kids they brainwash from kidnergarden up...

if creation is really so stupid they shouldnt be afraid to teach kids about it so they know why its stupid....AN all powerful GOD or a chance in 400000000000000000000000000000000 that never happened before and will never happen again?

[suggs]

its had its day i think. or if you want to teach religion, then you should teach Unicorn Studies as well-both equally laughable.

[Frigidus]

if it should be banned then so should evolution which is a religion to its believers

Hardly. When the idea of the Earth revolving around the sun was presented, was it a religion? The church opposed that just as strongly as it opposes evolution now. I'll put it this way: Is science a religion?

...present both issues fairly then let kids decide...but it wont happen cause when presented side by side only 1 makes sense and evolutionists are afraid to lose their popularity and control over the minds of the kids they brainwash from kidnergarden up...

It isn't both issues though. There are literally hundreds of creation stories, and including some while excluding others is outright religious discrimination. That and the fact that you want something with no scientific basis taught in a science class gives you no ground to stand on.

if creation is really so stupid they shouldnt be afraid to teach kids about it so they know why its stupid....AN all powerful GOD or a chance in 400000000000000000000000000000000 that never happened before and will never happen again?

I won't even comment on this one. Oh, hell, I can't help it. if evolution is really so stupid they shouldnt be afraid to preach in church about it so they know why its stupid....a UNIVERSE that CAME INTO EXISTENCE on it's own or some dude outside of reality that got bored one day and created some people in a plane of existence of no consequence to him just for the hell of it?

[THORNHEART]

im sorry my friend u r missinformed


science is a religion in fact as much as an other religion...its follower r devotees of the human race the worship our technological and mental advancements proclaiming us to be the top of the chain while in their arrogance never giving thought to the ONE who gave them their intellignces..this is the height of ignorance my friend...when the earth was said to revovle around the sun it was peoven to be a law...there is no law of evolution...ill skip your second point since it is a rehash of the first

your third point shows your ignorance of church badly...my dad who is a pastor of a baptist church regularly preachs about creation the proofs of the bible and evolution...we in our church hear the theories of evolution at least once a week and also the proofs of creation during my father sermons...also ive been to several creation/evolution confrences one by DR.Kent Hovind...btw if u can giveone solid proof of evolution he has 1 million dollars in the bank under a will for the person who can bring a proof that cant be unproven about evolution

[Snorri1234]

im sorry my friend u r missinformed

Someone is misinformed and it's not Frigidus.

science is a religion in fact as much as an other religion

Science doesn't have anything to do with religion. That's why there are quite a few christian and muslim scientists.

...its follower r devotees of the human race the worship our technological and mental advancements proclaiming us to be the top of the chain while in their arrogance never giving thought to the ONE who gave them their intellignces..

You might want to look up "worship" in the dictionary.

...when the earth was said to revovle around the sun it was peoven to be a law...there is no law of evolution..

Gravity is only a theory.

[unriggable]

if it should be banned then so should evolution which is a religion to its believers...present both issues fairly then let kids decide...but it wont happen cause when presented side by side only 1 makes sense and evolutionists are afraid to lose their popularity and control over the minds of the kids they brainwash from kidnergarden up...

if creation is really so stupid they shouldnt be afraid to teach kids about it so they know why its stupid....AN all powerful GOD or a chance in 400000000000000000000000000000000 that never happened before and will never happen again?

Dumbass alert.

[unriggable]

science is a religion in fact as much as an other religion...its follower r devotees of the human race the worship our technological and mental advancements proclaiming us to be the top of the chain while in their arrogance never giving thought to the ONE who gave them their intellignces..this is the height of ignorance my friend...when the earth was said to revovle around the sun it was peoven to be a law...there is no law of evolution...ill skip your second point since it is a rehash of the first

Science is about finding out the truth and establishing it as fact. Atheists worship evolution like other facts and how much everybody else worships those facts; to say science is a religion is to say the knowledge that water is liquid is also a religion, among other things.

Please, if you want to sound intelligent, use the shift key.

[Snorri1234]

science is a religion in fact as much as an other religion...its follower r devotees of the human race the worship our technological and mental advancements proclaiming us to be the top of the chain while in their arrogance never giving thought to the ONE who gave them their intellignces..this is the height of ignorance my friend...when the earth was said to revovle around the sun it was peoven to be a law...there is no law of evolution...ill skip your second point since it is a rehash of the first

Science is about finding out the truth and establishing it as fact. Atheists worship evolution like other facts and how much everybody else worships those facts; to say science is a religion is to say the knowledge that water is liquid is also a religion, among other things.

Please, if you want to sound intelligent, use the shift key.

And the Enter key.

[ignotus]

What about backspace button?

[Heimdall]

No it should not. How would you choose which religion? There are too many to teach them all.

[got tonkaed]

it probably was mentioned earlier by a more astute observer than i....but banning things usually does not tend to lead to open anything.

[ignotus]

Yes, please ban those Jehovah's witnesses from my local school. I just wanna knock their teeth with my copy of Qur'an.

[Frigidus]

it probably was mentioned earlier by a more astute observer than i....but banning things usually does not tend to lead to open anything.

True, but I don't think anyone (mostly) really wants to ban religion from schools. At this point it's more a question of whether to teach creationism, or perhaps (for Americans at least) whether to include the Pledge of Allegiance in morning announcements.

[FenrisLoki]

[quote="unriggable"]
Science is about finding out the truth and establishing it as fact. Atheists worship evolution like other facts and how much everybody else worships those facts; to say science is a religion is to say the knowledge that water is liquid is also a religion, among other things.[quote]

Atheists, so far as I am aware, don't worship anything. They don't put faith in science, they simply recognize that it has practical value. Evolution isn't something atheists take on faith, it's just a useful theory that offers both an explanation for the current state of things and is fairly accuratly predictive of what would happen if situations change. For example, evolution would predict that as smoke started polluting birch trees, turning bark darker, then moths would evolve darker coloration in order to blend in; and that's what happened.

I think this is the idea you were getting at, but saying that atheists consider evolution a religion implies faith and atheists by definition don't take things on faith when they can avoid it.

[unriggable]

Science is about finding out the truth and establishing it as fact. Atheists worship evolution like other facts and how much everybody else worships those facts; to say science is a religion is to say the knowledge that water is liquid is also a religion, among other things.

Atheists, so far as I am aware, don't worship anything. They don't put faith in science, they simply recognize that it has practical value. Evolution isn't something atheists take on faith, it's just a useful theory that offers both an explanation for the current state of things and is fairly accuratly predictive of what would happen if situations change. For example, evolution would predict that as smoke started polluting birch trees, turning bark darker, then moths would evolve darker coloration in order to blend in; and that's what happened.

I think this is the idea you were getting at, but saying that atheists consider evolution a religion implies faith and atheists by definition don't take things on faith when they can avoid it.

The dude I was responding to doesn't know what life without religion is like, so he thinks that people without religion use science as their religion.

You know, I don't see how anybody could be so stubborn as to think they know more about atheists than atheists themselves (this applies to any group of people).

[Der Fuhrer]

we all know religions like to "brainwash" people so should religion be banned from schools and the such so students can think freely?

I MEAN IN SCHOOLS ALONE!!!


and before you all start ripping into me i want to try and have an open "kind" and "clean" debate on the topic...so if you want to flame me, go to flame wars!!!

Religion should be utterly destroyed, let alone banned.