Another School Another Religious Issue ...

[tangerine_sedge]

Cue 70 pages of all muslims are bad, by the usual "I'm not a racist but..." posters. Job jobbed by OP.

[bitchstewie]

I do wonder if a bunch of muslim kids burned a flag in a school if people would just go "no biggie".

I'm going to guess not.

[Earthdweller]

Education should be secular . full stop

No religion of any kind allowed/preached within

By all means teach about the different religions.. but that’s it

[rxe]

bhstewie said:

I do wonder if a bunch of muslim kids burned a flag in a school if people would just go "no biggie".

I'm going to guess not.

If a bunch of kids tore up a bible, do you think the police would get involved?

[Zetec-S]

Many years ago at secondary school I remember the Gideons handed out a bible to everyone in our year. Later that day a few kids in the playground ripped the pages out of theirs. 30 years on and the community still hasn't recovered from this awful day in history...

[anonymous-user]

Any book written by God himself should be sacred and protected.

[BritishBlitz87]

bhstewie said:

I do wonder if a bunch of muslim kids burned a flag in a school if people would just go "no biggie".

I'm going to guess not.

Yes. It's about showing some respect. Which seems to be in short supply these days on all sides.

Remember the outrage when that scumbag tried to set fire to to Union jack on the Cenotaph?

[bitchstewie]

BritishBlitz87 said:

Yes. It's about showing some respect. Which seems to be in short supply these days on all sides.

Remember the outrage when that scumbag tried to set fire to to Union jack on the Cenotaph?

It was the example I had in mind though I can understand a flag on the Cenotaph being different to some random flag in some random setting.

Personally I still doubt people would say "it's just a piece of cloth who cares?".

Agreed it's about showing some respect.

[Tom Logan]

The Spruce Goose said:

Any book written by God himself should be sacred and protected.

Written by God himself ??

How did that work then? pencil? biro? a piece of charcoal?

[ShinyPsyduck]

rxe said:

If a bunch of kids tore up a bible, do you think the police would get involved?

I remember in High School the 1st years would all be given a bible and every year they ended up on the roof of the building and surrounding area.

[greygoose]

Tom Logan said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Any book written by God himself should be sacred and protected.

Written by God himself ??

How did that work then? pencil? biro? a piece of charcoal?

Usually done on stone tablets so they say.

[anonymous-user]

Tom Logan said:

Written by God himself ??

How did that work then? pencil? biro? a piece of charcoal?

yes not literally, ''It consists of the unaltered and direct words of God''

[anonymous-user]

greygoose said:

Tom Logan said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Any book written by God himself should be sacred and protected.

Written by God himself ??

How did that work then? pencil? biro? a piece of charcoal?

Usually done on stone tablets so they say.

Seems an inefficient way for an omnipotent being that creates universes to communicate?

Do you think he’s forgotten about us or something?

[anonymous-user]

El stovey said:

Seems an inefficient way for an omnipotent being that creates universes to communicate?

Do you think he’s forgotten about us or something?

i don't know, how do omnipotent beings communicate with Humans. Would voices in their head work, not sure on that one.

[Biggus thingus]

Can someone please confirm the gender of the kids that did this?

Don't want to risk causing unnecessary offence when I rock up to the school gates with my effigy's

[Jaguar steve]

ShinyPsyduck said:

I remember in High School the 1st years would all be given a bible and every year they ended up on the roof of the building and surrounding area.

We were too - along with hearing the lecture from the RE master about good little boys who wanted to go to the Kingdom of Heaven always sleeping with their hands outside the sheets at night.

With a tiny line of glue the wafer thin pages made excellent cigarette rolling papers and not only saved the need for Rizlas but also reduced the evidence of tobacco use if you were searched. I must have smoked pretty much the entire Old Testament during the five years I was away at school.

Edited by Jaguar steve on Monday 14th June 17:22

[JagLover]

Zetec-S said:

Many years ago at secondary school I remember the Gideons handed out a bible to everyone in our year. Later that day a few kids in the playground ripped the pages out of theirs. 30 years on and the community still hasn't recovered from this awful day in history...

But they desecrated it (to use the hysterical words used by the school).

We don't have a blasphemy law in this country anymore. That holdover from superstition and unreason was abolished in 2008. So curious what offence the schoolchildren have committed.

People need to be told "you can pray to whatever sky fairy you like, no-one else gives a toss"

[633Squadron]

The Spruce Goose said:

El stovey said:

Seems an inefficient way for an omnipotent being that creates universes to communicate?

Do you think he’s forgotten about us or something?

i don't know, how do omnipotent beings communicate with Humans. Would voices in their head work, not sure on that one.

Well. Everyone knows that God just loves giving donkey's the power of speech.
It is in the Bible - so it must be true.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbe...

[NMNeil]

The Spruce Goose said:

Any book written by God himself should be sacred and protected.

And free.
But which god, there are so many to choose from?

[JagLover]

El stovey said:

Seems an inefficient way for an omnipotent being that creates universes to communicate?

Do you think he’s forgotten about us or something?

You would have thought he could have just told everyone wouldn't you, voice from the sky style, and cut out the middle crazy man.