(March 14, 2012 at 7:45 pm)NoMoreFaith Wrote: Wow.
I had my kids "parent teacher consultation" today.
I was SPITTING that as part of his religious education, all it did was spout bible stories as fact, and didn't touch on any other religion.
One of his lessons was to complete the sentence "The Bible is the most important book ever written because...."
I spat my dummy out in full force at that. This is the UK and that's not supposed to be the curriculum for a 6 year old.
If the above happened, there may well have been violence.
Write a letter. If your son were older I'd tell him to write a full answer to the question: "The Bible is the most important book ever written because...." something like ....because it's the source document behind so many bad ideas, wars, ignorance etc. Understanding how belief in a document can cause so much trouble and hardship can help us avoid it in the first place. And so on.
As for the OP, I'm not saying this to be rude but has the article you posted been fact checked? It's so outrageous I'm having trouble believing it. I'm also not familiar with the website, but I didn't check it well. It's about one in the morning here and I need to get some sleep.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
