Lawsuit alleging anti-Christian statements to go forward

[James Fox]

I think the teacher blew it and missed an opportunity. Teachers can raise questions and encourage debate. What this teacher did would have the end result of squelching debate. The teacher was, it seems to me, demanding her opinion be validated based on her position of authority. Not a very good teaching methodology. Way back when… I had a number of great teachers who saw part of their job to get students to think for themselves, ask critical and skeptical questions and to be willing and able to support our claims and positions. A Christian in that class may be encouraged to question her religious beliefs by a teacher who asks students to think and question statements made by an authorities or doctrines that have no rational or credible evidence. Being derisive is more likely to encourage the religious as they tend to love being persecuted and Christians are taught that persecution means you are being good Christians.

 

[Robin]

Perhaps, but I'm not alone. Ask a tenth-grader what the sixth amendment says, and they're likely to say "Thou shalt not kill".

That is interesting, you say that American kids are idiots? I didn't know that, I had assumed they were of at least average intelligence.

Here in Australia there are very few high school kids who get the Bible mixed up with the US Constitution, or with any constitution for that matter.

 

[Dr Adequate]

And how does ED fit in to European History?

Well, if Henry VIII had been able to get it up with Catherine of Aragon ...