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I know this wont sit well with Roman Catholics - (nor will it sit well with my local primary teachers who are lovely people but a wee bit too holy willy for me) no offence intended - but I make no bones about being an atheist - and think that humanity has hit a road block and that road block is God (or Allah)
Untill we let children grow up without prejudice we can go no further. If you as an adult, if you want to become a catholic, protestant or muslim or worship the flying spagetti monster - go ahead but we should let children grow up without brainwashing them.
Dedalus, I don't think faith based schools should be abolished. They have every right to practice their religion as anyone else. If they don't want their children going to a faith based school, then don't send them, or better pay for private schooling, it is that simple.
And, by the way, I do rather favour the flying spaghetti monster myself!
I actually was told this. "I'm not worried about the rise of Islam, because we win in the end. It says so in the Bible" I pointed out that their "bible" says that they "win", apparantly theirs is wrong. The person telling me this cannot comprehend that other people could possibly actually believe in their own religion, and are doing it to get back at (American) christians. WTF!
I was also asked if we celebrated Martin Luther King day in Scotland