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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never encourage my child to participate.  We are far, far from Fundie Christians.  We are Christians, but more spiritual than religious.  We are more the UU type, although we attend a Unity church now.  My kids are exposed to many spiritual paths at our church.  That said, I disagree that kids should be prevented from bringing a Bible to school.  That's exactly the response that the crazy Focus on the Family Southern Baptists want.  They are going for the persecuted Christian angle.  Also, are we going to start banning kids from bringing all religious material to school?  Can you imagine the outrage if we banned the Koran from backpacks?  That's just silly.

I say let them have their Bring Your Bible to School day.  Teachers should just treat it like they would any distraction. You cannot have it out during class.  [b]If you want to read the Bible quietly when you are finished with class work or during lunch or recess. Read it.[/b]  I don't see any problem with that.  Read with an understanding of history, the Bible is actually an interesting read.

This should be a non issue.[/quote]While your thought is a reasonable one, unfortunately, there will be those in the classroom including the teacher, who may not be so reasonable.  Some kids may feel it is their sworn duty to point out errors in another child's religious readings.

As a Christian, I don't feel this is the right way to go.  If you want to discuss religions from a historical perspective that is fine or even quietly reading at lunch/recess, but for anything else [b]in the classroom[/b], the chance for proselytizing is just too great. [/quote]

I think the really sad thing is that these kids aren't sharing the "Good News" or even the message of Jesus.  Jesus would never have been ok with making another person feel less than. I think he would be really disappointed in "Bring your Bible to School" day.  He was about compassion, inclusivity, and love.  Really, his message was and is very simple - Love each other.  There is no "and" or "but" or "except".  Just love each other.  His message is the same as all of the great spiritual teachers.  People have been adding and taking away from his words for generations for greed and power.  There is nothing wrong with sharing the message of Jesus as long as you are truly sharing his message - Love each other.  That's means we are to love every single person with whom we share this planet.  It doesn't matter what religion, race, gender, sexual orientation,....  We are called to love.  Period.    [b]It is not loving to bring your Bible to school in an effort to make people feel bad about their own spirituality, or lack of spirituality.[/b]  [/quote]As a Christian, I love your definition of who Christ is and the message.  For me, there is no dispute what He truly represents.  While I agree with every tenet of Christ's resurrection, there are those who do not and any discussion among children who do not understand this concept can be met with disdain, unbelief, and anger.  Unless the child who professes this can be articulate in this argument, they may cause more harm than good.

There is nothing wrong with spreading the word but bringing it into the classroom is, IMHO, not a good idea.  At this time, I still don't think it's a good idea (though I'm ALWAYS open to a good persuasive argument).

I think it better that a young child exhibit his Christian beliefs by action and deed, and the rest will follow as there will be those who are curious why one is the way they are.[/quote]

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