(March 28, 2016 at 5:45 pm)athrock Wrote:(March 28, 2016 at 4:48 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: It's not comic relief when they're attacking school standards, spreading deliberate propaganda, and convincing generations of Americans (and, increasingly, elsewhere) to reject skeptical thinking for magical thinking.
I just listened to a whole two-hour program on the radio (while driving to St. Louis, last week) in which they rambled on about the FFRF and how their "religious freedom" is under attack, because they can no longer use school buildings or functions to spread their religion. I almost picked up my cellphone and called to ask them if they'd ever heard of Matthew 6:5-7.
This is a classic example of why a little knowledge of scripture can be a dangerous thing because the NT also says:
Hebrews 10
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Now, Rocket, if Christians are encouraged by the author or Hebrews to "not giving up meeting together", where, exactly, do you recommend that they meet if they cannot use the buildings which their tax dollars were spent upon? Shouldn't all groups of citizens have equal access to these facilities?
Sure. Schools should just open their doors to all groups that want to use "buildings their tax dollars were spent upon". The Muslims should be able to preach to your kids, then the Hindus, the Buddhists, the Satanists, the Wiccans, and we Atheists that you love so much. We should take the facilities meant for education and just use them for any group that wants them, who cares whether students need to use the gym, or the band room, or the labs.
(I'm being sarcastic if you can't tell.)
Oh, but you have no need to worry. There are church buildings on every corner in the US of A. And they're tax-exempt. Now, they're supposed to be taking care of the poor, but they're doing a horrible job of that. If we taxed the churches, we would have billions of dollars to feed the poor and care for the homeless, just like your Jeebus would want you to do.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein