[lbo-talk] Religion (God pissed in my Cheerios, in a very real sense)

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 06:37:27 PDT 2005


right. If people want to get rid of religious belief, they should push for compusory Southern Baptist fundamentalism in schools. It's not just that "bright and questioning kids" learn about the trash that adults talk. Teens (and other kids) rebel against imposed knowledge of this sort. JD

On 6/9/05, Daniel Davies <d_squared_2002 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Chrikey, lots of people really don't like God.
>
> I think that almost any energy spent fighting the rising tide of religion in
> public life and maintaining the split between church and state is wasted. In
> the UK we have:
>
> An established Church (the Church of England)
> Bishops of the CoE have the right to sit in the House of Lords, our upper
> chamber of government
> All schools must have an act of worship every day, "broadly Christian in
> character".
> Compulsory "religious education" in schools up to the age of 15.
>
> etc, etc.
>
> The world didn't end. In fact, the main effect of state-sponsored religion has
> been to saddle the Church of England with a crippling financial burden of
> having to maintain national coverage of churches and vicars and weaken it
> forever. Also, I maintain my view that having compulsory RE in schools is
> entirely beneficial, since it exposes the bright and questioning kids early on
> to the fact that there are some adults out there who talk the most astonishing
> rubbish, and the other sort are lost anyway so who cares.
>
> best
>
> dd
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-- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.



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