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Author Topic:   WooHoo! More idiots running the gub'ment.
Apothecus
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Message 39 of 245 (548797)
03-01-2010 9:24 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by Buzsaw
03-01-2010 8:34 PM


Re: Communist Religious Persecution
Hey Buz.
Again, you distort my position. I have not tried getting schools to lead prayers. I have advocated that local elected officials make a determination on that.
How can you accuse someone of "distorting your position" when it takes absolutely no talent for reading between the lines to see the obviousness of your position? Of course (presumably) you haven't personally, actively tried to get prayers in school. Of course you've advocated that the local officials make this determination.
Of course you'd attempt to vote those with these views into office.
And, of course you'd advocate state-sponsored prayer in schools, US Constitution be damned...
You'd have this be, but are content to see it occur through the democratic process, no? Is this not your position?
If it is, then you're splitting hairs, Buz. It's disingenuous at best to claim your position is distorted when any child can see the falsity in the assertion.
What you want Taz is for gub'ment to continue the establishment of athiestic secularism into the schools and ban any religious exercisement in the schools. You people want to eliminate the republic so as to get your athiestic and secularist agenda exclusive in schools. You want the kiddies to be totally indoctrinated into your stuff.
Public school is not for theology, Buz. That's what church, sunday school, and private religious acadamies are for. Leave it there.
You people say that Stalin's only purpose in torture and holocaust was to eliminate anything opposing his agend. Well, guess what? That's exactly what you people want; anything that counters your agenda/ideology outlawed.
Wrong again, oh great conspiracy theorist. Can a kid pray in school? You bet. It just cannot be state sponsored, as so many posts on this forum have explained to you, Buz.
What is it about you and your ultra-conservative ilk which makes it so hard for you to understand the reasons behind the separation of church and state? Many, many people of all religions (as well as atheism) understand why it exists in this country, and why it works so well, so to exactly which "agenda/ideology" are you referring?

"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

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Apothecus
Member (Idle past 2410 days)
Posts: 275
From: CA USA
Joined: 01-05-2010


Message 224 of 245 (550643)
03-16-2010 9:41 PM
Reply to: Message 200 by Percy
03-12-2010 4:44 PM


Re: Texas Rewrites History
Hey Percy.
In today's New York Times:
Excerpt:
New York Times writes:
After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday voted to approve a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Father’s commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.
--Percy
I have a friend who lives in Texas and he emailed me the other day about this. He was lamenting the shameless acts of the conservatives in his state lately, and -- get this -- is really considering home schooling his children should this gain significant ground.
It seems to me that the whole "Reasons Why Home Schooling Is The Way To Go In A Darwinist Society" argument could be turned on its fundamentalist head if rational, reasonable-minded folks up and yank their kids from the public schools because of "conservative bias."
Have a good one.

"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

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