Should we being back God to the classroom?

[Anonymous]

Not in the sense you're talking about it, but at the same time it is impossible to teach US history responsibly without discussing the religious beliefs of the Pilgrims, vs the beliefs of the Quakers, the Cavaliers, the Catholics, etc., as relevant to understand how the country developed.

[Anonymous]

It would be good but the bible says that the world is on a set course to become hell on earth and then the judgement. Having a revival of Christianity would set back the timing of Armageddon. Choose sides as the world slides into the abyss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Wild West was actually minuscule murder rate. Well armed Christianity is extremely polite. Collectivists , communists and socialists have murdered 200 million the last century.


People can regulate themselves better than the busybodies.

I'm tickled by the idea that the "Wild West" was a hotbed of Christianity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Wild West was actually minuscule murder rate. Well armed Christianity is extremely polite. Collectivists , communists and socialists have murdered 200 million the last century.

People can regulate themselves better than the busybodies.

I'm tickled by the idea that the "Wild West" was a hotbed of Christianity.

Also that everyone in the Wild West was running around with guns, willy nilly. Tombstone, Arizona, the site of the so-called gunfight at the OK Corral, had a law requiring anyone carrying a pistol or rifle to deposit their weapons at a livery or saloon--in other words, a ban on guns within the city limits. This was not that unusual at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as you include the the Yamas and Niyamas of my religion- Hinduism.

Yamas- (Restraints/Proper Conduct)

1) Ahimsa -- Non-injury/non-violence
2) Satya-- Truthfulness in words
3) Asteya-- To not steal
4) Brahmacharya-- To control lust
5) Kshama-- Exhibit Patience
6) Dhriti-- Steadfastness, Perservance
7) Daya-- Practice compassion
8) Arjava- Honesty in actions
9) Mitahara-- Moderate appetite
10) Saucha-- Purity in body, mind, and speech and to be humble

Niyamas--Observances

1) Hri-- Remorse; Sincerity
2) Santosha-- Contentfulness ; be joyous and positive
3) Dana- Giving; Charity
4) Astikya-- Faith
5) Ishwarapujana-- Worship/Meditation/Contemplation on God
6) Siddhanta Shravana-- Study the scriptures
7) Mati- Cultivate intuition, understanding of Self
8) Japa-- Use of Prayer beads
9) Tapas- Practice Austerity

Let's have an Ethics course for all Freshman, using comparative religions/moral codes as the basis.

[Anonymous]

Hell NO!!!

[Anonymous]

God is already there. Every individual is free to pray or act according to their faith. There is no need to change that.

Institutional religion as the OP suggests -praying in class by all, learning about Christianity (let's be honest, that's the only one s/he wants)- should have no place in the class unless it's some sort of VOLUNTARY ELECTIVE in theology. Some people do not practice christianity, some do but don't want it practiced in class, some practice no religion at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think if we talked about God and had the Ten Commandments in every classroom there will be less violence?
There are students in a school in FCPS that have no idea what are the Ten Commandments. This school has over 80% passing rate in the sols and 90% in History and Science classes...

Should teacher have guns to protect the students?

Religion doesn't protect people from being shot. I guess you missed the part where there were several Church shootings in the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God is already there. Every individual is free to pray or act according to their faith. There is no need to change that.

Institutional religion as the OP suggests -praying in class by all, learning about Christianity (let's be honest, that's the only one s/he wants)- should have no place in the class unless it's some sort of VOLUNTARY ELECTIVE in theology. Some people do not practice christianity, some do but don't want it practiced in class, some practice no religion at all.

+1 God isn't legislated into or out of classrooms. Not my God anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. What bumper sticker did you get this idea from, OP?

Possible she read Peggy Noonan's asinine column in the WSJ today, which basically said if we could just return to Normal Rockwell America all would be good.

You mean the 1964 “The Problem We All Live With” Norman Rockwell? Because I would say we are seeing echoes of that these days.

[Anonymous]

I did not read all ten pages, but NO. And you should take this religious thread back to the religious forum, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think if we talked about God and had the Ten Commandments in every classroom there will be less violence?
There are students in a school in FCPS that have no idea what are the Ten Commandments. This school has over 80% passing rate in the sols and 90% in History and Science classes...

Should teacher have guns to protect the students?

Religion doesn't protect people from being shot. I guess you missed the part where there were several Church shootings in the last few years.

And religion doesn’t discourage violence. Quite the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think if we talked about God and had the Ten Commandments in every classroom there will be less violence?
There are students in a school in FCPS that have no idea what are the Ten Commandments. This school has over 80% passing rate in the sols and 90% in History and Science classes...

Should teacher have guns to protect the students?

Religion doesn't protect people from being shot. I guess you missed the part where there were several Church shootings in the last few years.

And religion doesn’t discourage violence. Quite the opposite.

A great deal of violence & harm has been perpetrated in the name of religion. If schools want to teach about world religions from either a cultural or historical standpoint, fine; religion certainly has a lot of relevance in those areas. Public schools have no business teaching religion as a primary set of ethics or as what they expect students to use to guide their lives.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think if we talked about God and had the Ten Commandments in every classroom there will be less violence?
There are students in a school in FCPS that have no idea what are the Ten Commandments. This school has over 80% passing rate in the sols and 90% in History and Science classes...

Should teacher have guns to protect the students?

Depends on the god. Are you willing to let an Imam into your school for 5 times a day prayer towards Mecca?

I didn't think so.

So, no, we shouldn't.