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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