(April 27, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/27/co...-students/
Quote:Concerned Idaho citizen calls police over public banned book giveaway to high school students
Quote:In early April, the school board voted 2-1 to remove the winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature from the 10th grade curriculum following complaints from some parents concerned that the book contained sexually charged material and mocked the Christian religion.
Xtians make it so easy to despise them.
it's easy but we should rise above it. Most Christians I know are very sensible and amiable people. There is a unique fervour that, on the surface of things, only seems to manifest itself in the US.
I've not studied it in depth nor do I feel inclined to, perhaps it's because the Christians that originally got sent to the US were the fundies that were no longer tolerated over here. In which case I apologise for my ancestors' intolerance.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
