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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (83046)	9/9/2008 5:48:31 AM
From: Stan J. Czernel	Respond to of 541743

The problem I have with that is "Which version of God?" You nailed it. Sem. I would have no problem with "Intelligent Design" being taught as part of a Philosophy Survey course - along with other views of the Creation. But, as you point out, there are a lot of creation stories. But of course, this solution is going to be rejected by the hard liners with a social reform agenda - this type seems to be as common as flies on a dead pig.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (83046)	9/9/2008 10:52:51 AM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 541743

Obviously, a creationist would want the God of the OT and the Genesis story of creation. Personally, I would be strongly opposed to that. On its face it's ridiculous and I think would turn non-religious kids away from wanting to investigate religion any further. OTOH, I would like school prayer returned to the schools. I went to a huge city high school. Every morning before the first class started, a scripture was read over the intercom. Usually it was something from Proverbs or something from one of Christ's sermons. Actually, I don't think a prayer was involved at all....it was just the reading of a scripture. To me, it always set a nice tone for the day. It was thought provoking, often spurring discussion at lunch. But mainly it gave kids from homes where religion was absent an awareness that the Bible existed and here's some of the contents. Every day a little seed was planted so to speak. I honestly don't see any downside to that practice which of course has been forced out of the school setting. Something like that could be easily restored, including scriptures from all the world's religions as well as character building statements from famous historical figures. If Thor spoke to man, we would certainly want to include his ideas. :)