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Whether those children are growing in a religiously fundamental home where the parents trip off anytime the word " evolution" comes up at school or they are kids coming from dysfunctional homes where they do not benefit of parental nurturing and education, the school becomes their boot camp which prepares them to be communicating adults. |
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My children have benefited of teachers who brought the best out of my children. But I always tried to work on the same team as the teachers. Did not give in to considering them as adversaries out to coherce my children's minds. Times I had to bring up a disagreement to a teacher, I gave the teacher the opportunity to explain his or her side of the story. Then would I blow my pipes if necessary. Usualy I would invite them for dinner and we would so much enjoy socializing and getting to know one another. You are going to have angry parents no matter what... |
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05-18-2003, 01:25 PM | #144 |
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The issue of school prayer and religion is the classroom is not germane to the discussion of atheist reaction to evangelical zeal. If you'd like to continue the discussion, please start a new thread. If you'd like, I would be more than glad to split the topic off from this thread to allow the conversation to continue virtually uninterrupted.
Either way is fine with me, as long as this thread gets back on topic. Thank you, livius drusus Moderator - GRD |
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Bonjour Livius... no problems. It is partly my fault we derailed from the issue of oppressed prayer a theist presented earlier to where my last post is. I believe he wanted to present an example where he as a theist felt he recieved a negative response to his religious practice. ( which was far from being zealous evangelism).
So we will stay on track and back to what the Op offered as food for thoughts. |
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The Christians I have known, their so called "Help" consisted of telling me I was a worthless sinful piece of shit, when I asked them to help me find a job since I was unemployed. Or alternatively, for the church to pay us for the work we did for them (my BF mixed and mastered an entire gospel concert to CD for them). We never got paid --the CD is hiding in his file cabinet.
Their alleged "Help" only made me suicidal and unemployed. Goddamn hypocrites. :banghead: |
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Since the topic is lack of civilities when discussing religion, I pointed to how we are to be as aware in demonstrating civility thru our response to other individuals no matter what we feel they " deserve". I am sorry you are so offended by what I suggest as what I believe to be a more constructive response than " treating poorly". |
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05-19-2003, 04:41 AM | #149 |
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I think all is fair when discussing the ludicrous nature of religious belief.
As I've said before, just because someone belches their theistic nonsense with a hemlock smile does not endear me to their position. Should anyone be influenced by fancy dress over the point by point substance of the debate, then they are not truly examining the argument for substance and significance. It has been my experience that there is very little an atheist is going to say to the addle-brained theist that won't come across as aggressive and/or rude. ~ quote pending. |
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