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Pastimes : Freedom of religion and not from religion! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	10/5/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: nougie	Respond to of 8

Emile, the constitution also guarantees free speech, too. However, there are restrictions there, too. If we were to have religion taught in schools, which one should be taught? All of them? There wouldn't be enough time in the school year to do that. Should we teach Christianity? What if 50% of the school is non-Christian?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	10/5/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Respond to of 8

Emile, can't you understand that YOU have the right to practice any damn religion that you want. But I have the same right not to have you force your religion on me. Which religion are YOU going to decide that we should be subject too? You fanatics can't seem to get your act together. Just looking in my local phone directory there are about 40 pages of church listed. Many of them worship the same God(or at least they say they do) but the Baptist say the Catholic are going to hell and the Catholics say the Baptist are going to hell. Who is right? And don't tell me that government doesn't and hasn't dictated what churchs can do. The state of Utah was let into the union only because they were forced by the U.S. Government to give up their religious practice of polygamy, therefore, Emile I must assume that you believe in polygamy or is it just another case of you being selective with YOUR dogma. By the way, Emile, will you be sitting in the front row the day that the snake handling religious fanatics come to your children's school. Remember Emile, your Bible told them that YOUR God would protect you so I would expect you to join in the fun. Or Emile, will this be another case of you being selective as to what others should believe?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	10/7/1998 9:44:00 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Respond to of 8

Well Emile, I guess you have crawled back in your hole. You wanted debate but really you just wanted someone to agree with you WITHOUT any questions. Your type always amuses me. You want everything your way, but when questioned with the hard FACTS, your dogma seems to fade back into the shadows. But that is the way your types operates. You just fall into lock-step with the dogma your PREACHERS preach, and are admonished not to question but just believe. Which really amazes me Emile. You want your dogma taught in our schools, but you must realize that one of the wonderful things about our PUBLIC schools is the ability to debate issues. In your churches you can't debate anything, but merely believe. I could write more, but I'm just wasting my time with hypocrites like you.