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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 8:52 pm
Church attendance is down. Belief is down. Who is the easiest to convert?
School provides a captive audience of children that are susceptible to forming and maintaining beliefs that are delivered by a person representing authority. Plus, kids at that age (US grade school) are susceptible to social pressure to conform, from the authority figures and other kids.
In short, programming/brain washing fodder.
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 9:16 pm
Because they're arrogant, self righteous, ignorant, selfish assholes with an opinion.
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 9:49 pm
I feel like the title of this thread answers the very question it poses.
Because they're far-right christian-conservatives.
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 9:53 pm
Jesus is their favorite theatrical prop.
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 10:31 pm
Why not ask them?
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 21, 2017 at 10:56 pm
The Christians I am familiar with are all of the right wing fundamentalist variety, and they really believe that their views are true, so they want that truth to be spread everywhere possible to help redeem people. They believe evolution is a lie and that since it's only a theory, creationism is on par and should be taught so kids have access to both sides of the story and can hopefully have more information to choose the "right" theory.
They believe that God made America a great and prosperous nation, and that removing prayer etc. from schools will cause our nation to be morally bankrupt and therefore no longer a great and prosperous nation. They believe that prayer changes the atmosphere of an entire school.
The Christians I know aren't even really devious enough to be knowingly attempting to brainwash kids. They just truly believe that more of Christianity everywhere will make everyone's lives better.
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RE: Why do far right Christian-Conservatives want to put Jesus in schools
January 22, 2017 at 3:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2017 at 3:21 pm by Pat Mustard.)
(January 15, 2017 at 11:58 pm)It_Was_me Wrote: Anyways, I was reading some comments on Facebook which is always a gold mine of crazy. And someone woman was saying that we need to put prayer back in school and teach creationism and other things like that. She also thinks that schools should have to have a mass or some kind of church ceremony every day before school and students should be required to go. She ALSO is convinced that the United States is a Christian country.
As Loyola said: Give me the boy of 7, and I will give you the man.
That's why the rcc is loath to give up control of the Irish state school system.
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