| View Poll Results: Ought New Testament Greek be compuslosry in School? | |||
| Yes. |    | 1 | 6.67% |
| No. |    | 13 | 86.67% |
| Maybe. |    | 1 | 6.67% |
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Bright Spark
Posts: 310 
Location: North Lauderdale, FL
Location: North Lauderdale, FL
April 20th, 2006, 09:52 AM
Is this thread/poll a joke of some kind? In 21st century Canada we are going to require new testament greek?!
Isn't there enough problems getting people to learn their second official language without adding another to the mix? And if there were to be another language added, I can think of many others more worthy than this.
Maybe you'd have more fun playing over at christianforums.com since pushing christianity seems to your raison d'etre.
Is this thread/poll a joke of some kind? In 21st century Canada we are going to require new testament greek?!
Isn't there enough problems getting people to learn their second official language without adding another to the mix? And if there were to be another language added, I can think of many others more worthy than this.
Maybe you'd have more fun playing over at christianforums.com since pushing christianity seems to your raison d'etre.
Clever Clogs
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Location: in the belly of the mouse
April 20th, 2006, 10:28 AM
A better idea would be to make astronomy, evolutionary biology and comparative religion (we throw some NT Greek in here) compulsory for all schoolchildren. It would all but wipe out religious fanaticism in a generation.
A better idea would be to make astronomy, evolutionary biology and comparative religion (we throw some NT Greek in here) compulsory for all schoolchildren. It would all but wipe out religious fanaticism in a generation.
Ponderous Intellect
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April 20th, 2006, 10:42 AM
Crusader, I don't agree with this suggestion.
I don't think that we should force persons to learn about any religion in particular (I would suggest that forcing students to learn about the New Testament, particularly in Greek, would not only require significant resources to be drawn from other subjects, but could give the implication to such students that Canada is somehow a Christian nation).
Crusader, I don't agree with this suggestion.
I don't think that we should force persons to learn about any religion in particular (I would suggest that forcing students to learn about the New Testament, particularly in Greek, would not only require significant resources to be drawn from other subjects, but could give the implication to such students that Canada is somehow a Christian nation).
Hall of Fame Member
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Location: The Evil Empire
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April 20th, 2006, 02:42 PM
Μεγάλη Πέμπτη: Τα πασχαλινά αυγά
Το κλασικό τους χρώμα τέτοια εποχή είναι το κόκκινο. Για να συμβολίζει το Θείο Πάθος και την ανανέωση της ζωής. Ο λόγος βέβαια τα πασχαλινά αυγά που βάφουν σήμερα, Μεγάλη Πέμπτη όλες οι νοικοκυρές.
Δεν είναι όμως μόνο κόκκινα τώρα πια τα αυγά του Πάσχα. Οι καιροί άλλαξαν και τώρα τα αυγά βάφονται σε διαφορα χρώματα, ενώ πάνω τους καλλιτέχνες ζωγραφίζουν ακόμα και μικρά έργα τέχνης.
Για του λόγου του αληθές στο φωτορεπορτάζ που ακολουθεί δείτε μερικές διαφορετικές προτάσεις για τη διακόσμηση των πασχαλινών σας αυγών.
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Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
Μεγάλη Πέμπτη: Τα πασχαλινά αυγά
Το κλασικό τους χρώμα τέτοια εποχή είναι το κόκκινο. Για να συμβολίζει το Θείο Πάθος και την ανανέωση της ζωής. Ο λόγος βέβαια τα πασχαλινά αυγά που βάφουν σήμερα, Μεγάλη Πέμπτη όλες οι νοικοκυρές.
Δεν είναι όμως μόνο κόκκινα τώρα πια τα αυγά του Πάσχα. Οι καιροί άλλαξαν και τώρα τα αυγά βάφονται σε διαφορα χρώματα, ενώ πάνω τους καλλιτέχνες ζωγραφίζουν ακόμα και μικρά έργα τέχνης.
Για του λόγου του αληθές στο φωτορεπορτάζ που ακολουθεί δείτε μερικές διαφορετικές προτάσεις για τη διακόσμηση των πασχαλινών σας αυγών.
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Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,517
Location: Changchun, China
Location: Changchun, China
April 21st, 2006, 05:50 AM
While I can understand the great advantages a common language would introduce to Christendom, I don't think it's appropriate to impose a language of such strong religious association upon non-Christians.
Acknowledging Canada's predominantly Christian population would make me support the idea that Christians could be given NT Greek as an alternative language in schools across Canada. And who knows. If enough anglophone Christians and enough Francophone Christians went for it, then this could help unite Christians Canada-wide. Anglophone Christians would not feel tha French is being imposed on them, and Francophones ditto for English. NT Greek could be the freely chosen language for both sides, which could thus be regarded as neutral ground between the two groups, so to speak. A Christian Esperanto, if you will
Another advantage with NT Greek is that, from what I have heard and read, it is quite difficult to learn. An advantage? You say. Yes, an advantage. If fundies are busy learning and propagating NT Greek, then they'll be too busy to engage in partisan politics.
So if anything, whenever we see a fundie engaging in partisan politics, we ought to try to sell him on the idea of NT Greek. If he bites, he's out out of politics for at least a few years as he's busy learning Greek
hey hey hey, I think we're on to something here. Whenever you see a fundie of any religious stripe, sell him on the idea of his religious language. Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanscrit, Pali, Persian, etc. They're probably all quite difficult. So once you sell the fundie on that, you knock him out of politics for awhile. Maybe that's what God had in mind when he chose his languages?
So there you go, secondary school students ought to be given the choice of learning their revelation language as an alternative. It'll be good for Canada. But please include Esperanto too for the secular types.
While I can understand the great advantages a common language would introduce to Christendom, I don't think it's appropriate to impose a language of such strong religious association upon non-Christians.
Acknowledging Canada's predominantly Christian population would make me support the idea that Christians could be given NT Greek as an alternative language in schools across Canada. And who knows. If enough anglophone Christians and enough Francophone Christians went for it, then this could help unite Christians Canada-wide. Anglophone Christians would not feel tha French is being imposed on them, and Francophones ditto for English. NT Greek could be the freely chosen language for both sides, which could thus be regarded as neutral ground between the two groups, so to speak. A Christian Esperanto, if you will
Another advantage with NT Greek is that, from what I have heard and read, it is quite difficult to learn. An advantage? You say. Yes, an advantage. If fundies are busy learning and propagating NT Greek, then they'll be too busy to engage in partisan politics.
So if anything, whenever we see a fundie engaging in partisan politics, we ought to try to sell him on the idea of NT Greek. If he bites, he's out out of politics for at least a few years as he's busy learning Greek
hey hey hey, I think we're on to something here. Whenever you see a fundie of any religious stripe, sell him on the idea of his religious language. Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanscrit, Pali, Persian, etc. They're probably all quite difficult. So once you sell the fundie on that, you knock him out of politics for awhile. Maybe that's what God had in mind when he chose his languages?
So there you go, secondary school students ought to be given the choice of learning their revelation language as an alternative. It'll be good for Canada. But please include Esperanto too for the secular types.
Ponderous Intellect
Posts: 3,859
Location: Victoria, BC
Location: Victoria, BC
April 21st, 2006, 06:30 AM
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Separation of church and state ... it's become my mantra. Teach kids to read English before we start worrying about other languages is my opinion.
Do you think the New Testament Greek ought to be a compusory subject for all Children Canada-wide as of the age of ten?
