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Thread #90082 Message #1704755
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
28-Mar-06 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
Subject: RE: BS: America's Most Distrusted Minority
after all no religious body will use the small "g" for the Supreme Being.
Rather a sweeping conclusion. I'm sure we can find examples that prove this wrong. There are certainly religions that are private and discreet about their practices and not only aren't out trying to recruit members, certainly not trying to take over the world, and they are upset when their practices are appropriated by others, often New Agers.
I agree with the conclusions about the dumbing down of Amercia. There was a story on NPR this morning about a study of 250 school disctricts in states across the U.S. that are doing the "No Child Left Behind" stuff. They found that they have fewer offerings in the curriculum in most of those districts, and they have introduced classes that teach to the tests.
On another note, there was again a story about the radical idea of offering an optional Bible as Literature class in Georgia schools. This atheist took a class like that in high school in Everett, Washington in about 1970. Not a big deal if it is taught like a lit class, which this one was. Sometimes it helps to know your way around the literature of those who would try to push it law down your throat.
SRS