Christian Democrats in the United States
Domestic Issues - Education We support the free right of parents to give any religious education to their children, or none, but insist on education of principles throughout history, and tools of rational logic. So, we support voucher programs and parental choice, as long as the program relates reliable, quantified observations on the world and prominent theories on those observations, and teaches all children math and science, history and music, and reading and writing English. (We see no reason to deny multi-lingual course offerings in the other subjects, though.) And, we believe every parent should have the choice of sending their child to an adequate non-religious public school. But most importantly, we support the right of every child to obtain a fair and balanced education in a safe school, to receive a nutritious meal, and to learn to read. Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
10:41 AM
People who do not believe try again and again to turn the religious institution into the object of worship.
Anyone who has to force the symbols of faith on someone else does not believe in their meaning. What are they so insecure about? Kids have a natural tendency to seek the truth, and the truth will set us all free.
Given the course of intellectual history, the truth is likely something we do not yet know and cannot expect, but will be awe-inspiring and profound.
I do not understand why people would want to cram mantras of one kind or another into kids' brains, instead of setting them free to seek the truth where we old folks can no longer comprehend.
faith does not live in a vacuum
All children should be taught in every school about the religions of the world, and about different schools of thought within those religions over time and how they changed, and about non-religious philosophic views on the same topics of matter, mind and society.People who do not believe try again and again to turn the religious institution into the object of worship.
Anyone who has to force the symbols of faith on someone else does not believe in their meaning. What are they so insecure about? Kids have a natural tendency to seek the truth, and the truth will set us all free.
Given the course of intellectual history, the truth is likely something we do not yet know and cannot expect, but will be awe-inspiring and profound.
I do not understand why people would want to cram mantras of one kind or another into kids' brains, instead of setting them free to seek the truth where we old folks can no longer comprehend.
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10:30 AM
It would be nice if Earth were Heaven, but it is not like that at this time.
Denying children knowledge about the birds and the bees is a good way to split the bond between parent and child. This is how the deceiver divides people from the truth.
AIDS is a very real plague, and human beings are still going to want to have sex as far as anyone can tell.
The sad, sad thing about it is, it can be eliminated with knowledge, even with imperfect 98% solutions like condoms.
To deny children knowledge that will save their lives when you're not looking and they get curious, that's the biggest sin of all.
To deny children knowledge about sex, you would also have to deny them knowledge about the gangs of rapist pedophiles who roam the world. You think that's a joke?
Why would someone deny knowledge to kids that can save their lives?
sex education for all kids
Abstinence, monogamy and fidelity prevent disease better than anything else.It would be nice if Earth were Heaven, but it is not like that at this time.
Denying children knowledge about the birds and the bees is a good way to split the bond between parent and child. This is how the deceiver divides people from the truth.
AIDS is a very real plague, and human beings are still going to want to have sex as far as anyone can tell.
The sad, sad thing about it is, it can be eliminated with knowledge, even with imperfect 98% solutions like condoms.
To deny children knowledge that will save their lives when you're not looking and they get curious, that's the biggest sin of all.
To deny children knowledge about sex, you would also have to deny them knowledge about the gangs of rapist pedophiles who roam the world. You think that's a joke?
Why would someone deny knowledge to kids that can save their lives?
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
4:41 PM
Education
We support the free right of parents to give any religious education to their children, or none, but insist on education of principles throughout history. So, we support voucher programs and parental choice, as long as the program relates reliable, quantified observations on the world and prominent theories on those observations, and teaches all children math and science, history and music, and reading and writing English. (We see no reason to deny multi-lingual course offerings in the other subjects, though.) And, we believe every parent should have the choice of sending their child to an adequate non-religious public school. But most importantly, we support the right of every child to obtain a fair and balanced education in a safe school, to receive a nutritious meal, and to learn to read.> detail, links and comments >>
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