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<blockquote data-quote="Centre Punch" data-source="post: 71522" data-attributes="member: 3048"><p>What i am about to say here will be regarded by some to be quite contraversial but it is something i feel i had to say.</p><p></p><p>The events of Colombine and those of Dunblane here in Britain are indeed very tragic and should not be allowed to happen again. Those that commited these haenus crimes knew right from wrong and still commited these acts but to say that had religion been allowed to be preached in schools, it might not have happened is absolute nonscence, bad is bad. Saying that not acknowledging our spiritual side leaves us open to becoming evil, prejudiced and full of hatred is completely absurd.</p><p></p><p>Since when has religion had the monopoly on what is right and wrong, you do not have to be a believer to know what is good or bad, you do not have to be a believer to have compassion, morals, decency, and good judgement. Dont forget the amount of evil that has been commited in the name of religion by so called "righteous" people.</p><p></p><p>I am a firm advocate of no religion in schools and wish they would do the same here in Britain. Single faith schools cause alot of problems where the ethnic minority becomes the ethnic majority, Indians, Pakistanis Bangladeshis etc, all practice different religeons. We have Muslim clerics preaching hatred towards christians, if these christians think that they are immune from this hatred because they have faith, they are all living in cloud cuckoo land.</p><p> </p><p>I have no problem with children being taught about religion but draw the line at them being taught to be religious.</p><p>When children are adults and understand the meaning of religion properly, then they can decide.</p><p></p><p>Ian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Centre Punch, post: 71522, member: 3048"] What i am about to say here will be regarded by some to be quite contraversial but it is something i feel i had to say. The events of Colombine and those of Dunblane here in Britain are indeed very tragic and should not be allowed to happen again. Those that commited these haenus crimes knew right from wrong and still commited these acts but to say that had religion been allowed to be preached in schools, it might not have happened is absolute nonscence, bad is bad. Saying that not acknowledging our spiritual side leaves us open to becoming evil, prejudiced and full of hatred is completely absurd. Since when has religion had the monopoly on what is right and wrong, you do not have to be a believer to know what is good or bad, you do not have to be a believer to have compassion, morals, decency, and good judgement. Dont forget the amount of evil that has been commited in the name of religion by so called "righteous" people. I am a firm advocate of no religion in schools and wish they would do the same here in Britain. Single faith schools cause alot of problems where the ethnic minority becomes the ethnic majority, Indians, Pakistanis Bangladeshis etc, all practice different religeons. We have Muslim clerics preaching hatred towards christians, if these christians think that they are immune from this hatred because they have faith, they are all living in cloud cuckoo land. I have no problem with children being taught about religion but draw the line at them being taught to be religious. When children are adults and understand the meaning of religion properly, then they can decide. Ian. [/QUOTE]
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