Bible verse card at work

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It was in a sealed envelope with our name on it. Looked official, not a flyer

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t we just love to feel outraged?

It wouldn’t have bothered me at all. I’m not religious. I’m just logical. It’s a local church performing outreach. Fine. A local hotel did that at my school. They sent us all coupons for a night’s stay. Fine. I would have thrown both away and gone on to live my life rage-free. But I’m agreeable like that.

But if you want to get angry because somebody did something harmless, then go for it. I personally don’t think we need to add more rage into our already angry society, but you do you OP.

It’s against the law but other than that I’m so, so, so glad you’re not bothered by this Pollyanna. Your means means nothing to me. Keep church stuff out of school.

Wow, how obnoxious you are. It takes me about .3 seconds to move it from my mailbox to the trash. No proselytizing was done in the classroom. Nobody forced students (or me) to pray. This is such a nonissue to me.

But I deal with real problems every day, so I guess fake problems don’t register. It’s a good thing we have others who can take the little, insignificant stuff and go nuclear about them. I’m sure they are performing some important service. Somehow.

How obnoxious and privileged you are that you never experienced religious persecution. The school is not just for you to dumb moron. As I’ve stated before, it’s against the law so I don’t give a rats ass what upsets you personally. It’s a 100% proselytizing and it has no place in schools. Your feelings and reactions are irrelevant.

Perhaps you are far wiser than me. All I can find online is many references to the fact churches CAN distribute flyers at schools. Can you point out the specific law?

I stand by my initial thought. I’m going to throw out the flyer. I’m also going to throw out most of the flyers with it. I’m too busy doing my job, so I don’t have room to get angry about the little things.

I may not have a lot of room for religion, but someone I work with may. The same way someone I work with may find use in the soccer lesson flyer, the store coupon, etc.

I’m not about limiting people.

Why do you keep repeating how you feel about this. It’s completely irrelevant. It’s against the law. That is the only thing that matters. Churches absolutely can’t enter a school and spew their shit. You are insane. Students can have a prayer group if they organize it themselves but that’s an entirely different thing.

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Anonymous wrote:It was in a sealed envelope with our name on it. Looked official, not a flyer

Even more egregious.

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The most “liberal” people are the most close-minded. You think you’re so open and accepting and non judgmental but only towards those who share your same values and beliefs.

As I learned in a long ago Bible study, don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out.

I’m praying for you, OP - that you find peace and serenity and that your heart won’t be troubled by those of us who truly care about our fellow man and feel that our world needs kindness and compassion.

I’m a trauma survivor and can tell you that if things like this bother you to this extent, you really need to step back and reevaluate your mental health. This isn’t the hill to die on, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:The most “liberal” people are the most close-minded. You think you’re so open and accepting and non judgmental but only towards those who share your same values and beliefs.

As I learned in a long ago Bible study, don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out.

I’m praying for you, OP - that you find peace and serenity and that your heart won’t be troubled by those of us who truly care about our fellow man and feel that our world needs kindness and compassion.

I’m a trauma survivor and can tell you that if things like this bother you to this extent, you really need to step back and reevaluate your mental health. This isn’t the hill to die on, OP.

🤮🤮🤮🤮to all of this. Kind and compassionate thing is to not burden your fellow man with your fantasies.

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Anonymous wrote:The most “liberal” people are the most close-minded. You think you’re so open and accepting and non judgmental but only towards those who share your same values and beliefs.

As I learned in a long ago Bible study, don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out.

I’m praying for you, OP - that you find peace and serenity and that your heart won’t be troubled by those of us who truly care about our fellow man and feel that our world needs kindness and compassion.

I’m a trauma survivor and can tell you that if things like this bother you to this extent, you really need to step back and reevaluate your mental health. This isn’t the hill to die on, OP.

I’d like to invite you to my house for a two hour presentation on why you should cover to Buddhism. Let’s see how open minded you are. Better yet, can I come to your office and do it there?

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What was the specific verse? A lot of weird stuff in the Bible

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Anonymous wrote:What a beautiful gesture.

So is it just as bueatiful for Islamic people to shove their religious content in your box?

Of course! I would welcome anyone putting things in my mailbox. I’d glance at it and trash it, but wouldn’t go complaining on the internet in a faux outrage. I respect their right to free speech too much for that.

Why do you assume the outrage is faux? It's very real. Keep your religion to yourself.

Why? Why should I keep it to myself?

Only Evangelists are allowed to inject their message into other people's business.

+1. As a person whose family was severely harmed by evangelicals, I don't care what the hell anyone believes but keep it the hell to yourself. We don't need to breed any more indoctrination, and that is what they are doing regardless of how "nice" they seem.

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I see from these comments that religious conservatives can’t stop themselves from being weirdos everywhere, even on anonymous internet forums.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread proves again that there is no hate like Christian "love".

What’s hateful about putting a card with a verse on it in a mailbox?

Cramming your religion down other people’s throats at their place of work where it’s actually illegal to do that is extremely hateful.

Nothing illegal about it. If so, cite a specific law or statute.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread proves again that there is no hate like Christian "love".

What’s hateful about putting a card with a verse on it in a mailbox?

Cramming your religion down other people’s throats at their place of work where it’s actually illegal to do that is extremely hateful.

Nothing illegal about it. If so, cite a specific law or statute.

Already been done uptnread. Learn how to read. Or do you want me to cram it down your throat like you do with your religion?

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Every English speaking person in the world should be familiar with at least some of the King James Bible. It is as central to our language and culture as Shakespeare's works.

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Anonymous wrote:Every English speaking person in the world should be familiar with at least some of the King James Bible. It is as central to our language and culture as Shakespeare's works.

Cool story bro. Plenty of churches that teach it for all who are interested.

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Anonymous wrote:When OP gets thank you notes from a class on puppy cards they can get livid because cats and ferrets were not represented.

Repeat after me: religion does not belong in school. Keep it away from my kids.

Wait till Trump gets elected and SCOTUS says it's ok to hang 10 Commandments in classrooms cuz kids can not look.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread proves again that there is no hate like Christian "love".

What’s hateful about putting a card with a verse on it in a mailbox?

Cramming your religion down other people’s throats at their place of work where it’s actually illegal to do that is extremely hateful.

Nothing illegal about it. If so, cite a specific law or statute.

I asked for this, as well. Show us the law. The only thing I’ve seen posted is this:
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html

And the only relevant clause I could find is this:
“Schools may impose the same reasonable time, place, or manner restrictions on distribution of religious literature as they do on non-school literature generally, but they may not target religious literature for more permissive or more restrictive regulation.”

I’ve received religious material in my mailbox at work. I’ve also received promotional material from area businesses. If one is allowed, apparently so is the other. And I just throw it all in the recycling bin. It’s right next to the mailboxes for a reason.