///So all those kids in Germany raised to despise certain races can not have their nasty beliefs overturned? It WAS a Religious belief and one Man was their God.///

Do you honestly believe that you could have been a teacher in Germany and told these kids they and their parents were wrong?

Look what happened to the Dixie Chicks just for saying they didn't like George Bush. The Bush administration not only cowed people into silence but the society as a whole wouldn't tolerate people questioning the war--even after we found it was started on lies. You weren't going to go into a classroom and tell any kids that the Bush and the war were wrong and you know it.

Like it or not, sometimes there is nothing you can do. And in the United States, like it or not, you as a public school teacher cannot preach for or against any religion to your students or you will be fired. It's the law, at least here in Michigan, and it's a right law. It's not a teacher's job to raise my kids--that's mine. His or her job is to teach my kids the 3 Rs.

///"that the more wrong-minded I show you to be"

A moralistic self aggrandizing judgment - i.e. only a matter of personal opinion, thus purely subjective emotional thinking.///

No, it isn't. It's the law. A teacher canNOT preach for or against religion in a public school. If professor shaw thinks he can tell my kids what he believes is right for them to believe, he is sadly mistaken and the law will back me. He's wrong and that's all there is to it. If you don't like that, take it up with the legislature.

///"continually knock you on your ass. "

Be careful of your emotions running away - others may have different opinions... :-)///

My emotions are perfectly fine, thank you. The more professor shaw talks, the more authoritarian he reveals himself to be. And I've noticed your attempts to argue for or against theistic arguments (I can't tell which you are attempting to do since your statements are very weak) leave a tremendous amount to be desired. So you might be wiser to refrain from comment until you know what you are talking about because at this point it does not appear that you do.