Friday, June 6, 2008

read this article response


This article means a lot to me. It shows that people are so stupid and blind about what another person thinks of them. Yes, i believe religion is a personal thing and that means that if someone has an idea that they want to portray, even if only on paper, they should be able to do it. The whole idea about religion being banned in school is ridiculous, there are several flaws that cancel the entire prospect. First off isn't school supposed to get people ready for the "outside world" and if so then why not introduce religion into school? It will prepare students for the real world in the fact that they will face many religious obstacles in life, from intolerance to the people who come around every saturday house to house. Second, it is unfair to students to have to deal with all the demonic and atheist ideas of fellow students while their own beliefs are put down, stomped on, and called wrong. Yet another flaw in this religious roadblock is that people in general just don't care. Of course you will get the occasional oddball but you will deal with it just like the students will have to deal with all the trials in life that will include religion. Its not going to help the next generation to shelter them. They will just step out from under the dark rock they have been placed under just to be blinded by the overwhelming sunlight. Like I have stated above, religion is a personal plight and therefore should be welcomed by such personal applications such as the arts. There are many different religious discriminations that people will have to deal with in life. There are also the extremists that make whole entire generations not want to even deal with religion. I came upon this site and thought that if any normal person would have read it they would have freaked out. This site is a perfect reference to the idiocy of this world that we live in. And as for me I am still agnostic and have my own views and opinions but lets save those for another time, place and argument.


1 comment:

dd adams said...

If religion were taught in public schools, the question would then be; who's religion do you teach and what version of it would be taught? In addition, the line between facts and beliefs is blurred depending on who you are talking to. One's fact is another's fancy. There are so many differences of opinion in regards to religious devotion that the state has "agreed" the best way to avoid controversy is to keep religion out altogether. Think you'll like these two links;

http://www.ed.gov/Speeches/04-1995/prayer.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0520/p11s01-lepr.html