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

Shane Taylor shane.t.taylor at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 10:21:52 PDT 2005


Daniel Davies 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.

The catch is, Rapture Republicans won't do us the favor of limiting themselves to those projects alone...

-- Shane



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