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Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
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Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
March 31, 2012 at 9:31 am (This post was last modified: March 31, 2012 at 9:31 am by Nine.)
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RE: Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
March 31, 2012 at 10:20 am
Yeah saw this and thought ... paedophile!! I really don't like the Archbishop at all. Meh personal preference...meh
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RE: Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
March 31, 2012 at 10:46 am (This post was last modified: March 31, 2012 at 10:47 am by Nine.)
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RE: Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
March 31, 2012 at 10:54 am
(March 31, 2012 at 10:20 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Yeah saw this and thought ... paedophile!! I really don't like the Archbishop at all. Meh personal preference...meh

How is this paedophilic? Stupid and intolerant, yes...but paedophilic?
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March 31, 2012 at 11:21 am (This post was last modified: March 31, 2012 at 11:21 am by KichigaiNeko.)
Really Tiberius!! I said it was a personal preference..I did NOT say it was logical...and implied by the use of the "personal" that it had an emotional and irrational component to the preference...sheesh!! :S
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March 31, 2012 at 11:36 am
(March 31, 2012 at 9:31 am)Insanity x Wrote:
Quote:He said: "I'd like to see schools introducing children to the Lord's Prayer, so that they know that it's there, they know what it means and know why it matters.
I suppose I might support this if it were part of a curriculum of religious literacy, because Christianity has, for better or for worse, had an incalculable influence on western civilization from the days of Constantine on.

But really, if it's just part of simple religious instruction, why can't they learn it in church? Isn't it already a part of every single Christian church service?
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March 31, 2012 at 11:56 am
Children should be taught English, maths and science.

This embarrassment to the Church should retire already.
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March 31, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Quote:Children are now half as likely to know the text of the Lord's Prayer than they were 40 years ago

Sounds like half a step in the right direction.

Society will finally attain maturity when it stops praying to fictional sky-daddies altogether!
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March 31, 2012 at 12:13 pm
What makes him think that they knew the whole "Lord's Prayer" 40 years ago??
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March 31, 2012 at 9:01 pm
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