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Dear Americans , You often ask why cant we have God in our schools? The answer is - you cant make up your mind on which God you mean. I mean , lets leave out the Hindus , the Japanese and all the other non - European American Citizens, including the Native North Americans and their own ancient spiritual traditions which are just as valid in their eyes as yours are . Lets talk about the God of Abraham - is it ok to have a Mullah or a Rabbi lead a prayer and teach YOUR kids about THEIR religion? Oh - I see. But its ok to have YOUR minister do that to THEIR KIDS ?? OK, so you only have CHRISTIAN kids in your school? Fine - no Catholic kids, no Eastern Orthodox? You think they are not real Christians ? - well they probably think the same thing about you too, but never mind . So are you Calvinist or Armenian? Baptist or southern Baptist ? See , thats why the Constitution kept ALL Religion out of school . A kid wants to pray or read a Bible - thats allowed . Asking teacher to read it to the whole class isnt in most cases. We dont teach beliefs , we teach facts is how you can sum up education in American schools , I think Yeah - you can teach historical facts . American society is only about 200 yrs old, it became independent in 1776 . It was founded principally by Protestant Christians, and we can say who they were and what they believed - but teachers are not allowed to endorse or challenge the beliefs of Quakers, Brethren or any other group. Evolution - thats a Science Creationism is a belief , like Theistic Evolutionism . Evolution is based upon Genetic and fossil evidence as well as other sciences Creationism is based upon an ancient religious text . When mainstream science in every country agrees that we have a 4.6 billion year old earth, and we have evidence of life in rocks that are millions of years old, its only a few who dispute the evidence on religious grounds. Most creationists dont focus on what we know - but point instead to what we dont know and assume that God ( who happens to be THEIR God ) is the answer . When Creationists can walk into a class room and lay down a fossilised Cambrian Rabbit and say here, lets discuss this, we can talk But there are no //positive // FACTS behind Creationism. Hence, like Religion, Creationism is kept out of schools and rightly so . Being a good citizen , respect for the old, consideration for others - you can teach these things , I learned them in the Boy Scouts . A lot of Scout Morality, as I call it, is in the Bible, but its also in the other religions as well Honesty and truthfulness , kindness to others - these are not strange concepts to a Buddhist , a Hindu or a Sikh . You dont need to bring a bible into school to teach them I hope that clears a few things up for you , Regards, Gerry .
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:46:51 +0000

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