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Question for atheists - re: public schools
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:47 am
Certain schools in my area have caught flak in the past for religious activity such as prayer during school assemblies, which to my understanding was addressed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation when someone reported it. This week my son informed me that there was a priest or pastor or whatever at his public school - during lunch you had the option to go listen to his talk and were provided with chicken nuggets as a bribe. The talk was something about "the road having plenty curves but Jesus is the bus driver." Does this belong in a public school? Would you let this slide?
ETA: My son did not attend. He heard about the content from a friend.
ETA: My son did not attend. He heard about the content from a friend.
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 10:58 am
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Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:48 am to 911Moto
Shouldn't be in a public school
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:49 am to 911Moto
why are you so afraid to let your children make their own choices?
nothing wrong with some free nuggets
nothing wrong with some free nuggets
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:49 am to 911Moto
Jesus man!
Do you have to be outraged at everything like everybody else?
It's not like he's there baptizing them. Let it go.
Do you have to be outraged at everything like everybody else?
It's not like he's there baptizing them. Let it go.
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 10:51 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:53 am to 911Moto
quote:
during lunch you had the option to go listen to his talk and were provided with chicken nuggets as a bribe.
Keyword being option here is what makes it okay.
Send your kid to school with some chicken nuggets of his own.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:53 am to 911Moto
Who cares?
What's the worst case scenario here?
What's the worst case scenario here?
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:54 am to Box Geauxrilla
So do I get equal time to go speak about atheism, with the students given the same "option"?
ETA: Do Muslims, Jews, and Satanists get the same option to speak as well?
ETA: Do Muslims, Jews, and Satanists get the same option to speak as well?
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 10:57 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:56 am to 911Moto
Why would you bitch about it?
They didn't force anyone to listen, and if your son couldn't say no to chicken nuggets, you have bigger issues.
They didn't force anyone to listen, and if your son couldn't say no to chicken nuggets, you have bigger issues.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:56 am to LSUSoulja08
quote:
why are you so afraid to let your children make their own choices?
Exactly
Our kids certainly have the other side of the story shoved down their throats enough
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:56 am to 911Moto
I dont have a problem the children having the option but bribing with chicken nuggets is wrong. What I do have a problem with is that no other religion is being taught or shared. I dont want my children indoctrinated by the school. My daughter already says there is a man in the sky. I asked her how she knows, and her teacher told her. She is in K. so when she learns there is no Santa she will figure out that this man in the sky is the same thing.
I think religion should be practiced at home and in a church, thats it. Teaching small children that there is a man in the sky is stupid. They dont question Santa at that age so they will believe it. This is the proof that the god of the bible doesnt exist. If it isnt taught, that god disappears.
I think religion should be practiced at home and in a church, thats it. Teaching small children that there is a man in the sky is stupid. They dont question Santa at that age so they will believe it. This is the proof that the god of the bible doesnt exist. If it isnt taught, that god disappears.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:56 am to Epic Cajun
Publicly funded college campuses ranging from LSU to the service academies have chapels for a few different denominations on campus which students can go to for religious services if they so choose. This sounds like a similar concept.
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:57 am to cubsfan5150
My son didn't go. He heard about the content from a friend.
All of my in-laws are batshit crazy holy rollers, so I don't have to worry about a speech influencing him. It's more about the principle of religion in public schools - especially when the school board has been confronted on the issue and they know it is not allowed.
All of my in-laws are batshit crazy holy rollers, so I don't have to worry about a speech influencing him. It's more about the principle of religion in public schools - especially when the school board has been confronted on the issue and they know it is not allowed.
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 11:01 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:59 am to 911Moto
quote:
My son didn't go. He heard about the content from a friend.
Are you qualified to speak about atheism? If so, did you ask the school if you could go and share your views with students in a similar fashion? I'm assuming the answer is no, and you are just bitching about nothing.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:59 am to 911Moto
quote:So, you're just upset that someone else had the option of attending?
My son didn't go
Posted on 9/12/15 at 10:59 am to 911Moto
So you and your son are the type to cry about whatever someone tells you to be mad about. Gotcha.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 11:00 am to 911Moto
quote:
you had the option to go listen to his talk
If it was a seminar on "safe sex" or the "females right to choose" or "accepting transgendered children" NOBODY would say it didn't belong in the school because they feel it is freedom of speech.
Funny how so many people think this is every human's right to have....except when it comes to God. Its amazing what people today decide to try to stop and what they allow.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 11:00 am to 911Moto
A priest bribing little boys with chicken nuggets.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
Posted on 9/12/15 at 11:01 am to Epic Cajun
quote:
Are you qualified to speak about atheism? If so, did you ask the school if you could go and share your views with students in a similar fashion? I'm assuming the answer is no, and you are just bitching about nothing.
Yes, I am qualified. But I also know that asking for equal time would result in my kid being treated unfairly for the rest of his time in high school.
Posted on 9/12/15 at 11:02 am to cubsfan5150
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So you and your son are the type to cry about whatever someone tells you to be mad about. Gotcha.
Who "told me" to be mad about it? WTF are you talking about?
This post was edited on 9/12/15 at 11:03 am
Posted on 9/12/15 at 11:03 am to saintsfan1977
quote:
I dont want my children indoctrinated by the school.
I thought it was optional.
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