Christians ordered to teach Wiccan, pagan rites

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Blackleaf said:
Yeah. That's what you think. Although telling Muslim schools to teach their children all about Wicca will be a lot harder than the PC Brigade think it will be. We all know that, at the end of the day, it will only be Christian schools forced to teach kids all about wicca.
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The more you sound off your assumptions based on nothing, the more you make the case that people need courses like this.

Can you provide a single example of a school of a different faith not having to teach this course?

Blackleaf said:
Although it doesn't surprise me that a country which is so loony liberal it is banning doorknobs to stop "offending" "members of the handless community" is now trying to teach its kids all about a completely synthetic "religion" which, rather than having its origins in the mists of pre-Christian time, was completely and utterly made up by a mad Lancastrian calling himseld Scire (real name Gerald Gardner) in the early twentieth century.
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So, it is somehow less ridiculous if someone made it up a few thousand years ago instead of being made up 100 years ago? How exactly does that work?
 
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If other private faith-based schools are going to refuse to meet their statutory obligations
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If you believe that schools of other "faith-bases" other than Christianity will be forced into learning about another religions if they object to it then you've got another thing coming. Only Christian schools will have it forced down their neck if they object to it - as always.

As for a country which is so “loony liberal” as Canada, your example is dumb. Round doorknobs were banned in Vancouver in order to ensure that as many spaces as possible are accessible to people with disabilities. This was also rolled-out with no retro-activity, and with the continued sale of doorknobs for people to replace themselves anyway. But sure, accessibility is “loony liberal.”
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Round doorknobs are banned in Canada because the people who run Canada are so lefty loony liberal that they make even Britain's lefty loony ruling elite look sane in comparison.

 
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I think this is an awesome idea.

If you're faith is right/strong, then there should be no fear in teaching what others believe.
 
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petros said:
So there is no Earth Mother (dirt)?
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I don't know specifically what they believe and it's obvious you don't either.

If Wiccan isn't taught in public then that is great. Why make Catholics teach it?
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According to the article all schools will teach it...thus Catholics can teach it.

If they can't figure a way to be inclusive there is a problem bigger than this already present.

It's comical to me that people are having a meltdown and putting down the Wiccan faith yet they know zero about it...what's with the dirt put down? There is zero problem in the Catholic system with teaching world religion....zero... so add this on and there will be zero problem...zero...IF a problem emerges then handle it IF it emerges.
 
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SLM said:
That's patently absurd! Unicorns can't fly!
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Alicorns can.

 
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Twila said:
I think this is an awesome idea.

If you're faith is right/strong, then there should be no fear in teaching what others believe.
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It's not just teaching what others believe, but, if you think this is an awsome idea, then it should be extended to the public schools. The non faith based schools. Teach the kids about the different religions and teach them those religions are just as viable a choice as agnosticism or atheism. Teach Christian creationism along with the other religions creation stories and teach the kids that each of these stories are just as viable as Darwinism and the big bang.

Sound good Twila? Cause this is basically what Quebec is expecting the Catholic Schools to do.

BornRuff said:
It seems like it would be especially important within a school that is otherwise very fixated on one religion.

Going through a course like this to learn about the history of different religions, what people believe, and why they believe it, in a matter of fact and objective way, can really improve the ability of students to have empathy for other people and their beliefs.

If the course is taught as "this is why they are wrong and we are right", it would have the opposite effect.
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The Catholic School already has a comparative religion course. What they don't do, and what Quebec expects them to do is say that all other religions are equal to Catholisism/Christianity. That should not be happening.
 
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gerryh said:
It's not just teaching what others believe, but, if you think this is an awsome idea, then it should be extended to the public schools. The non faith based schools. Teach the kids about the different religions and teach them those religions are just as viable a choice as agnosticism or atheism. Teach Christian creationism along with the other religions creation stories and teach the kids that each of these stories are just as viable as Darwinism and the big bang.

Sound good Twila? Cause this is basically what Quebec is expecting the Catholic Schools to do.




The Catholic School already has a comparative religion course. What they don't do, and what Quebec expects them to do is say that all other religions are equal to Catholisism/Christianity. That should not be happening.
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The article did state both public and private schools.
 
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Twila said:
The article did state both public and private schools.
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what about creationism? Are the public schools teaching that these religions are akin to "fairy tales"? That they are on par with the ancient egyptian, norse, roman, etc Gods?
 
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gerryh said:
what about creationism? Are the public schools teaching that these religions are akin to "fairy tales"? That they are on par with the ancient egyptian, norse, roman, etc Gods?
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I have no idea. The private school I went to and the one my daughter went to were completely non religious. There had no religious study of any kind.
 
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Twila said:
I have no idea. The private school I went and the one my daughter went to were completely non religious. There had no religious study of any kind.
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That must have sucked since you think Quebecs new stance is so wonderful.
 
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I think all schools should be required to teach that gravity is "just a theory," and that it's equally valid, or moreso, that in every single instance where two masses interact, Gawd considers and chooses, in each individual case, to have them attract each other in exactly the same way.

And still has time left over to send you to Hay-ull if you jack off (or jill off).
 
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Tecumsehsbones said:
I think all schools should be required to teach that gravity is "just a theory," and that it's equally valid, or moreso, that in every single instance where two masses interact, Gawd considers and chooses, in each individual case, to have them attract each other in exactly the same way.

And still has time left over to send you to Hay-ull if you jack off (or jill off).
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exactly
 
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