Posts by stillajwexelder

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Christian Right changing history, is it okay?

by sammielee24 in

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christian right aims to change history lessons in texas schoolsstate's education board to consider adding christianity's role in american history to curriculumit.

the christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no united states if it had not been for god.. members of a panel of experts appointed by the board to revise the state's history curriculum, who include a christian fundamentalist preacher who says he is fighting a war for america's moral soul, want lessons to emphasise the part played by christianity in the founding of the us and that religion is a civic virtue.. opponents have decried the move as an attempt to insert religious teachings in to the classroom by stealth, similar to the christian right's partially successful attempt to limit the teaching of evolution in biology lessons in texas.. one of the panel, david barton, founder of a christian heritage group called wallbuilders, argues that the curriculum should reflect the fact that the us constitution was written with god in mind including that "there is a fixed moral law derived from god and nature", that "there is a creator" and "government exists primarily to protect god-given rights to every individual".. barton says children should be taught that christianity is the key to "american exceptionalism" because the structure of its democratic system is a recognition that human beings are fallible, and that religion is at the heart of being a virtuous citizen.. another of the experts is reverend peter marshall, who heads his own christian ministry and preaches that hurricane katrina and defeat in the vietnam war were god's punishment for sexual promiscuity and tolerance of homosexuals.

marshall recommended that children be taught about the "motivational role" of the bible and christianity in establishing the original colonies that later became the us.. "in light of the overwhelming historical evidence of the influence of the christian faith in the founding of america, it is simply not up to acceptable academic standards that throughout the social studies (curriculum standards) i could only find one reference to the role of religion in america's past," marshall wrote in his submission.. marshall later told the wall street journal that the struggle over the history curriculum is part of a wider battle.

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History tends to be taught with bias

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Do You Think Most People Are Prejudiced ----Black, White, Red, etc.???

by minimus in

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after reading the terrific thread about the black harvard professor and the allegations being thrown around, i wonder if anyone might not show prejudice in one way or another.

i kind of think, anyone can be guilty of it.

i know some blacks that seriously look down upon other blacks simply because of a variation in color.

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I think I am not racially biased, but I tend to feel more comfortable among people of similar race to myself - so I guess deep down -yes - I have shades of prejudice - no pun intended

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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

by flipper in

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i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

several experiences were really quite odd .

one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!

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AC/DC was allegedely Anti Christ Devils Children

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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

by flipper in

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i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

several experiences were really quite odd .

one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!

stillajwexelder

WASP -- We Are Sexual Perverts

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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

by flipper in

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i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

several experiences were really quite odd .

one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!

stillajwexelder

I once got the bullshit from a JW that KISS meant Knight In Satan's Service

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Book-Burning in Wisconsin

by daniel-p in

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the colossal stupidity of some people amazes me.

here we have people worried that homosexuals are being portrayed as people, and demanding that such young adult books be labelled as sexually explicit.

in classic religiously-deranged fashion, the ignoramuses ignore the actual message of a book, rather choosing to vilify and marginalize those of other beliefs.. http://www.cnn.com/2009/us/07/22/wisconsin.book.row/.

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and then they have the nerve to condemn the Taliban for the vile things they did - this book burning is not a long way off from what the Taliban are about

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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

by flipper in

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friends

i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

several experiences were really quite odd .

one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!