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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (32928)	3/21/1999 12:25:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Thats very interesting. I went to public schools in the 1930's and 40's that were steeped in religion and religious prejudice. We were read to from KJV and prayed at with the Lord's Prayer, which you may recall purports to be Christian but is actually unitarian (doesn't mention the trinity). I had a 8th grade teacher who threatened all unbaptised children (including Jews and unconverted baptists) with damnation. My experience, like that of many others my age, is the stongest reason I can think of to erect and maintain an inpenetrable wall between church and state. It is not enough that we no longer allow the state to burn heretics but the sensitivity of various communities mean that decent instruction in civics and history is no longer possible. A small price it seems to me to overcome religious preferences and discrimination by the state.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (32928)	3/21/1999 5:12:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

. <<I cannot think of a single instance that religion even came up, much less being aware of how anyone else believed. >> I wonder if you identified with a majority religion. It is hard to imagine if you were an atheist, or, in some places, a Jew, for example, that you wouldn't have been made very aware indeed of the unacceptability of your affiliation. Or lack of it. I'm not worried about my nephew, because my son handled the situation very well, indeed, and also my nephew will be going to a private school. My son was advantaged by having sensitive teachers, and he had all through school at least two good friends who were self-identified atheists, and they were three of the four smartest kids in the class (the fourth being Jewish,); and in truth, I suspect part of the reason he wasn't given much trouble may be that his pacifistic father saw to it that he could beat the c*** out of anyone who made it necessary. He got in very few fights, and not a one that he started, but it doesn't take many to make clear to the assemblage of bullies that there are easier targets.