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German Government Trying to Ban Agnostic Children's book

by GermanXJW in

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in october 2007, author michael-schmidt salomon and illustrator helge nyncke published the first german agnostic children's book "can you tell me the way to god?

asks the piglet".. a piglet and a hedgehog live together in a house, enjoying life, one night, someone puts a poster to their house which states "those who do not know god are missing something".

the piglet and the hedgehog decide to find out what that means, .

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Currently, I do not know about an English version. But Richard Dawkins is said to be very fond of the book so there may be a chance to get it. (After all, it is not that much text.)

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The D.O. gave some 'good' advice regarding the internet at the Assembly

by The Lone Ranger in

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the d.o.

gave us some really good advice at this weeks circuit assembly, he was talking about the dangers of the internet, he gave the usual warnings about teenagers meeting strangers or apostates, and dating websites.. but this time he also told the patents in the audience that there is software available which can monitor every website that is visited and everything that is typed on the computer, i was shocked, he was advising the parents to spy on their children, i suppose it might be ok if the child is 10yo but what if he or she is late teens, and they discover that their parents have spied on them, imagine how that will spilt the family, and for what?

the cure is worst then the problem.. its simple a case of the wts being paranoid of the interent and they want no one on it..

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I hava have protection software on our 10-year-old daughter's computer as well. It is not spying but blocks all sites that are not explicitly allowed.

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German Government Trying to Ban Agnostic Children's book

by GermanXJW in

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in october 2007, author michael-schmidt salomon and illustrator helge nyncke published the first german agnostic children's book "can you tell me the way to god?

asks the piglet".. a piglet and a hedgehog live together in a house, enjoying life, one night, someone puts a poster to their house which states "those who do not know god are missing something".

the piglet and the hedgehog decide to find out what that means, .

GermanXJW

English youtube-movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWSAbgVpjnw

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German Government Trying to Ban Agnostic Children's book

by GermanXJW in

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in october 2007, author michael-schmidt salomon and illustrator helge nyncke published the first german agnostic children's book "can you tell me the way to god?

asks the piglet".. a piglet and a hedgehog live together in a house, enjoying life, one night, someone puts a poster to their house which states "those who do not know god are missing something".

the piglet and the hedgehog decide to find out what that means, .

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Anti-religious children’s book dangerous for young people, German ministry says
Berlin, Feb 5, 2008 / 05:51 am (CNA).- The German Family Ministry is arguing that a children’s book for atheists that contains disparaging depictions of religious leaders is anti-Semitic and should be considered dangerous to young people, Deutsche Welle reports.
The book “How do I get to God, Asked the Small Piglet,” written by Michael Schmidt-Salomon, features a piglet and a hedgehog. They discover a poster attached to their house reading, "If you do not know God, you are missing something!"
The animals are frightened that they are missing something in their lives, and begin a search for God. On their journey they encounter a rabbi, a mufti, and a bishop.
According to the ministry’s report, “In the book, the three great world religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism are scorned.” The ministry said, “The distinctive characteristics of each religion are ridiculed. Especially the Jewish faith is slurred by the portrayal and characterization of the rabbi.”
The ministry says the book’s depiction of the rabbi is anti-Semitic.
The depiction of the rabbi reportedly recalls anti-Jewish propaganda from the 1930s. The rabbi is drawn with corkscrew curls, fanatical eyes, predatory teeth, and hands like claws. He rages at the animals, yelling to them that God had set out to destroy all life on Earth at the time of Noah.
The book insinuates that the pale, fat bishop is connected to child abuse and is constantly attacking the mufti.
The mufti, after quietly greeting the animals and inviting them into his mosque, soon changes into a fanatic who gathers a shouting Islamic mob that holds up the animals and condemns them to damnation.
At the end of the book, the hedgehog says, "I think that God doesn't even exist." Even if he existed, the character says, he doesn’t live in a synagogue, a cathedral, or a mosque.
Gunnar Schedel, the head of the book’s publisher Alibri, said the publisher was aware the book could provoke controversy.
"It's clear to me that putting a critique of religion in children's bedrooms is a hot political topic," Schedel said, according to Deutsche Welle.
He said the book was intended for non-religious parents who want to provide their children with a critical view of religion.
"All three religions are treated equally in the book," Schedel said. "No one is negatively singled out."
Author Michael Schmidt-Salomon responded to the controversy on his website. “I don’t ridicule religions, they are ridiculous all by themselves,” he wrote, claiming children have a “right to enlightenment.” He denied that he was anti-Semitic, claiming he had been cursed and threatened because of his Jewish-sounding name.
“So I claim the right for myself to openly criticize those Orthodox Jews, as well as fundamentalist Christians and Muslims, who are struck by divine madness. This naturally has nothing to do with anti-Semitism,” he wrote.
The German department that reviews children’s literature is scheduled to discuss the book at a March meeting.

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German Government Trying to Ban Agnostic Children's book

by GermanXJW in

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in october 2007, author michael-schmidt salomon and illustrator helge nyncke published the first german agnostic children's book "can you tell me the way to god?

asks the piglet".. a piglet and a hedgehog live together in a house, enjoying life, one night, someone puts a poster to their house which states "those who do not know god are missing something".

the piglet and the hedgehog decide to find out what that means, .

GermanXJW

In October 2007, Author Michael-Schmidt Salomon and illustrator Helge Nyncke published the first German agnostic children's book "Can you tell me the way to God? asks the piglet".

A piglet and a hedgehog live together in a house, enjoying life, One night, someone puts a poster to their house which states "Those who do not know God are missing something". The piglet and the hedgehog decide to find out what that means,

They go to the temple mountain where a synagogue, a church, and a mosque are located, The two trutzseekers ask some naive questions and make the religious people very angry and quarrel with each other. But in the end, all are just men that look naked (withour their strange costumes) all the same. And the morale; those who do not know a god are not missing anything.

Now, the German governmental Office for Family has filed a complaint to put it on a list of media banned to be sold to minors. The official reason is anti-semitism because the Rabbi is put in a negative light. It is even claimed that the rabbi is trying to kill the mufti with a scroll which is nonsense (see picture below).

To me this is a scandal. The family minister is very religious and close the the churches. But in her office she ought to be neutral.

There is a German page where you can also sign the supporters list: http://www.ferkelbuch.de/

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Watchtower Library 2007 CD Availible Here

by brinjen in

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here's a link to the bittorrent file:.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ysohsvy.

file is 311mb in size and .rar format, extract the files using a program like winrar then either burn the contents to cd or install it directly to your hard drive.. uploading file itself to megaupload, will post link when availible.

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It is not working for me either. (Or is it normal that you do not see any activity for minutes?)

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If the end does not come in 10 years then...........

by TooBad TooSad in

if the end does not come in 10 years then nothing is going to change.

here is my reasoning.. in our hall we have friends whose grandparents thought the end was coming in 1914 then in 1925.. well they died and still our friends believe the end is near.

our friends had parents who.