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Pensee · 04-25-2002, 11:54 AM

Today in class the teacher asked us to name some behavior management options if we had a group of kids who were scared b/c of loud thunder/bad weather.

One girl said that she'd tell them that's just God moving his furniture.

Somebody else asked, "Can you say that?".
The teacher, along with all of the other fundies in the room said yes (emphatically).

Is that correct?

Godless Dave · 04-25-2002, 11:55 AM

Of course you can say that. If you want your kids to be idiots.

When I was growing up, my neighbors' parents told them thunder was the angels bowling.

Godless Dave · 04-25-2002, 11:57 AM

Or did you mean can you say that as an employee of a public school? In that case, no. In any case, a better answer would be thunder is the air moving into the vacuum created by the lightning. What I would call a "teaching moment".

crazyfingers · 04-25-2002, 12:46 PM

It's not illegal for the student to say it. Stupid but not illegal.

gravitybow · 04-25-2002, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by stardust:
One girl said that she'd tell them that's just God moving his furniture.

Yes, and the Almighty drops a sofa <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882938.html" target="_blank">on 89 of his children</a> in the U.S. annually resulting in a fatality.

[ April 25, 2002: Message edited by: gravitybow ]

Toto · 04-25-2002, 03:52 PM

I suppose the teacher might claim that it's just a way of calming the kids down, and doesn't tend to establish a religion - since I don't know of any religion that is based on a god who makes a lot of noise moving furniture.

Veil of Fire · 04-26-2002, 01:31 PM

Toto: We could start one!

As a side note, I wonder if any of those people would have said it's ok to tell them "Diana is moving the furniture", or "Zeus is angry", or "Satan is bowling" or something...

ex-idaho · 04-26-2002, 02:07 PM

Growing up in Texas we were always told that when it was raining and the sun was shining at the same time that it meant the devil was beating his wife.

Tell you alot about rural southern people

DarkBronzePlant · 04-26-2002, 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by idaho:
Growing up in Texas we were always told that when it was raining and the sun was shining at the same time that it meant the devil was beating his wife.

Tell you alot about rural southern people

Holy cow! Now that "Better Than Ezra" song makes sense! The lyrics are something like "Cry, cry, cry in the sun... when the devil beats his wife."

BTE is from New Orleans, but I'm sure that folks from New Orleans come up with the same kind of shit that Texans do.

MzNeko · 04-26-2002, 04:58 PM

Well, those answers are all so silly. Obviously, the real answer is that mighty Thor is using His hammer again...

Sounds reasonable to me.

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Pensee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: florida Posts: 657	Thunder--God? Today in class the teacher asked us to name some behavior management options if we had a group of kids who were scared b/c of loud thunder/bad weather. One girl said that she'd tell them that's just God moving his furniture. Somebody else asked, "Can you say that?". The teacher, along with all of the other fundies in the room said yes (emphatically). Is that correct?

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04-25-2002, 11:55 AM	#2
Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	Of course you can say that. If you want your kids to be idiots. When I was growing up, my neighbors' parents told them thunder was the angels bowling.

04-25-2002, 11:57 AM	#3
Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	Or did you mean can you say that as an employee of a public school? In that case, no. In any case, a better answer would be thunder is the air moving into the vacuum created by the lightning. What I would call a "teaching moment".

04-25-2002, 12:46 PM	#4
crazyfingers Contributor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 13,699	It's not illegal for the student to say it. Stupid but not illegal.

04-25-2002, 03:52 PM	#6
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	I suppose the teacher might claim that it's just a way of calming the kids down, and doesn't tend to establish a religion - since I don't know of any religion that is based on a god who makes a lot of noise moving furniture.

04-26-2002, 01:31 PM	#7
Veil of Fire Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 451	Toto: We could start one! As a side note, I wonder if any of those people would have said it's ok to tell them "Diana is moving the furniture", or "Zeus is angry", or "Satan is bowling" or something...

04-26-2002, 02:07 PM	#8
ex-idaho Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spudtopia, ID Posts: 5,315	Growing up in Texas we were always told that when it was raining and the sun was shining at the same time that it meant the devil was beating his wife. Tell you alot about rural southern people

04-26-2002, 04:58 PM	#10
MzNeko Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Long Beach, California Posts: 1,127	Well, those answers are all so silly. Obviously, the real answer is that mighty Thor is using His hammer again... Sounds reasonable to me.

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