Should we being back God to the classroom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not, and I say this as someone who sends my kids to Catholic school because I knew God, religion, faith, justice, etc. were aspects that I wanted my kids to have daily exposure to in their education. That’s why religious schools exist. It does NOT belong in the public school classroom. Who’s god would even be in the classroom, anyway? You know the people who propose this would have a fit if it were Allah, for example.

Allah is not God.

Allah is the literal translation of God in Arabic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whose god?

There is only one God and, as the minister PP said, He never left. But we left Him and are suffering the results on many levels.

Yes, I think there is nothing wrong with simple religious observance in public schools - the moment of silence that many schools still have, for example. Or, in ethics/ counseling classes, a discussion of where our general morals come from.

According to whom?

[Anonymous]

Yes, we should bring *my* religion in. Mine has one commandment: HARM NONE and do what you will.

It’s witchcraft. How about that, op?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you think that the Ten Commandments belong in a history class or a science class, nor why you capitalized those words.

NP here. Same reason why the code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta belong. Because understanding these documents and their origins gives us insight into the laws and systems currently in the United States and in other countries.

OP, no to your questions. But you didn't answer them yourself.

The Code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta are historical documents. The Ten Commandments is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you think that the Ten Commandments belong in a history class or a science class, nor why you capitalized those words.

NP here. Same reason why the code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta belong. Because understanding these documents and their origins gives us insight into the laws and systems currently in the United States and in other countries.

OP, no to your questions. But you didn't answer them yourself.

The Code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta are historical documents. The Ten Commandments is not.

That's ridiculous. Of course it is.

[Anonymous]

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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?

There is plenty of violence in the Old Testament.

Not sure why you think that the Ten Commandments belong in a history class or a science class, nor why you capitalized those words.

Got any knowledge of history and western jurisprudence?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think we should have universal healthcare and improved mental health programs. I think we should have stricter gun laws.

+1 and parents need to step up and parent and monitor their kids. The last shooting this kid had serious mental health issues. He was living with a friend's family who allowed him to keep a gun in the house and didn't monitor it or him.

If there was a God, in my mind, these things wouldn't be happening.

Whose God do you bring into the classroom?

If these kids are taught God at home and church, which many of them are, then if it wasn't effective, the only reason to bring it to the classroom is for your personal gain.

Don't be obtuse. The Judeo-Christian god was in American schools throughout history until the 1960s. Folks from minority religions managed to do OK. Religions such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Wicca, etc. are still the minority. Now the God in the classroom is secular humanism and that hasn't worked so well.

[Anonymous]

Which God or Gods, OP?

Do you realize residents don't all worship the same ones?

Idiot.

[Anonymous]

Yes and prayer too. Then you'll see change

[Anonymous]

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Don't be obtuse. The Judeo-Christian god was in American schools throughout history until the 1960s. Folks from minority religions managed to do OK. Religions such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Wicca, etc. are still the minority. Now the God in the classroom is secular humanism and that hasn't worked so well.

No such thing, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not, and I say this as someone who sends my kids to Catholic school because I knew God, religion, faith, justice, etc. were aspects that I wanted my kids to have daily exposure to in their education. That’s why religious schools exist. It does NOT belong in the public school classroom. Who’s god would even be in the classroom, anyway? You know the people who propose this would have a fit if it were Allah, for example.

Allah is not God.

Al- Lah: translation : The Divine , AL/EL = The, Elahi= Divine. El- Lahi/Al-Lah is the name of the God worshipped by Abraham and Mose, that is what Abraham and his progeny called their God and is the name of the God who sent down the above referenced Ten Commandments. Your God might be different, hence the discussion- who's god? are you saying that the God worshipped by the Hebrews and other semitic peoples is not the same exact god worshipped by the followers of the New Testament? That isn't true-all 3 faiths follow the same God- the western faiths of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you think that the Ten Commandments belong in a history class or a science class, nor why you capitalized those words.

NP here. Same reason why the code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta belong. Because understanding these documents and their origins gives us insight into the laws and systems currently in the United States and in other countries.

OP, no to your questions. But you didn't answer them yourself.

The Code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta are historical documents. The Ten Commandments is not.

That's ridiculous. Of course it is.

Oh? You've got the stone tablets in your basement? Yes, I'll acknowledge it is written about in stories that roughly solidified in the 4th century AD, making the story ABOUT the Ten Commandments historical. So far as I know there is nothing showing the Ten Commandments as such existed outside of these stories.

[Anonymous]

No and no. -a religious person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why you think that the Ten Commandments belong in a history class or a science class, nor why you capitalized those words.

NP here. Same reason why the code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta belong. Because understanding these documents and their origins gives us insight into the laws and systems currently in the United States and in other countries.

OP, no to your questions. But you didn't answer them yourself.

The Code of Hammurabi and the Magna Carta are historical documents. The Ten Commandments is not.

That's ridiculous. Of course it is.

Oh? You've got the stone tablets in your basement? Yes, I'll acknowledge it is written about in stories that roughly solidified in the 4th century AD, making the story ABOUT the Ten Commandments historical. So far as I know there is nothing showing the Ten Commandments as such existed outside of these stories.

Do you have the original clay tables for the Code of Hammurabi in your basement?

[Anonymous]

^^^tablets