OMG! Catholic Schools Forcing Catholic Students To Take Religion Classes!

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ever use a rubber?

Nah, don't need 'em if you confine your sexual activity to altar boys.

 

[captain morgan]

So should we fund Jewish schools?

We do

A ton of tax payers who attend church?

Yes.. And then some

Define a ton and what difference does that make?

It means lots... To the tune that these taxpayers are voluntarily directing their tax dollars to the Catholic Board

If you want to learn religion go to your church.....that is where religious teaching belongs.

I do, and if I want it in my home I'll have it there too and if I want to support the Catholic Board here in AB, I will check off the box that stipulates that I want the school portion of my tax allocated to them

That OK with you?

That was the past, this is now.

The taxpayer base is 'now' too

Oh and to say that you have never ever used a derogatory word to describe any group of people based on race, culture, physical disabilities or religion makes you a liar and a coward.

Don't blame me for your use of disrespectful words, that is your row to hoe.

It's a chicken-sh*t move to deflect your actions on this... Time to man-up, accept responsibility and move on

Guess your Catholic eh?

Does it matter?

Ever use a rubber?

All the time... I buy them in bulk to get a kick-a$$ discount

 

[petros]

BumFluff.

 

[gerryh]

Seems like a fairly basic principle: don't force religion on people.

They aren't.

Islam would be proud.

of you? Yes, I agree.

Maybe they like the uniforms? Still shouldn't force religion on people.

They aren't.

Can someone please tell me why we still fund religious schools in this province?

Which Province? Ontario? Alberta? Read the Constitution and look at what the agreements were for each province to join confederation. Then, after you have educated yourself, come back and discuss it.

Whatever happened to separation of church and state.

This is Canada, not the u.s. Again, educate yourself.

I gotta tell ya though, I'd love to go to a science class at a dogan school and watch them teach about evolution.


Would be a hoot.

Catholic Schools teach the same science curriculum as public schools. Again, try educating yourself on a subject before jumping in with 2 feet and not a clue.

 

[damngrumpy]

gerry you are right they teach the same science programs cause they want the
children prepared for the real world out there I am in agreement
Where I differ is when they start with the religion and the first statement is
Catholics believe this or that. It should be some Catholics believe this or that.
In our house my father and mother didn't always believe the same thing in a
religious sense. My younger sister and I did agree on some things but not all
and my older sister well that was different again she believed more than we did.
How in the ... can a church have all people believe the same thing without is being
an indoctrination?
Schools should remain in the public domain as a public school system but that is
just my own opinion.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Seems perfectly simple to me: if you don't want your children to receive Catholic religious instruction, send them to public schools. One of the explicit purposes of the Catholic school system is Catholic religious instruction, and everybody involved is quite up front about it. Seventy minutes of it a day seems excessive, that certainly isn't what our kids got, they just got a course called Christian Ethics that was a regular course like any other, nor were they required to take part in any extra-curricular activities like retreats, those were always optional and I'd have certainly raised serious objections if they weren't. Not because of their religious content, but just because they aren't part of the required curriculum mandated by the provincial education authorities, forced attendance would be no different in my mind than forcing everybody to try out for the football team.

And since the question is bound to arise in certain minds, I'll answer it now: yes I'm an atheist and yes I was okay with sending our kids to a Catholic school. In our carefully researched and considered opinion, it would be a better educational experience: better teachers, better French immersion program, better administration, more approachable and caring officials, better buildings, better everything. Time appears to have proven our judgments correct. Besides, unlike many parents, we paid close attention to what our children were doing, in school and out, and were always prepared to listen to them and take them seriously, and they knew it. They're both in their late 20s now, both doing very well, both fluent in both official languages (unlike their parents), both succeeded at advanced post secondary education, and neither of them are Catholic either. Or even Christian.

 

[darkbeaver]

Seems perfectly simple to me: if you don't want your children to receive Catholic religious instruction, send them to public schools. One of the explicit purposes of the Catholic school system is Catholic religious instruction, and everybody involved is quite up front about it. Seventy minutes of it a day seems excessive, that certainly isn't what our kids got, they just got a course called Christian Ethics that was a regular course like any other, nor were they required to take part in any extra-curricular activities like retreats, those were always optional and I'd have certainly raised serious objections if they weren't. Not because of their religious content, but just because they aren't part of the required curriculum mandated by the provincial education authorities, forced attendance would be no different in my mind than forcing everybody to try out for the football team.

And since the question is bound to arise in certain minds, I'll answer it now: yes I'm an atheist and yes I was okay with sending our kids to a Catholic school. In our carefully researched and considered opinion, it would be a better educational experience: better teachers, better French immersion program, better administration, more approachable and caring officials, better buildings, better everything. Time appears to have proven our judgments correct. Besides, unlike many parents, we paid close attention to what our children were doing, in school and out, and were always prepared to listen to them and take them seriously, and they knew it. They're both in their late 20s now, both doing very well, both fluent in both official languages (unlike their parents), both succeeded at advanced post secondary education, and neither of them are Catholic either. Or even Christian.

Nevertheless the Jesuits have got them. These instructions pop up later in life. tsk a tsk

 

[Dexter Sinister]

If you met them you'd know better.

 

[darkbeaver]

If you met them you'd know better.

Relax I'm sure their as worthy of their old man.