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Education, religion and values: Getting the mix right : Comments

By Noel Preston, published 5/10/2006

How justified is the values related explanation for the shift to private schools? What is the case for integrating values and schooling?

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Have you met God Boaz? Or are you simply inventing him? Nobody is blaming all the worlds ills on Christianity, only the ills Christianity have created. It is the Christian view to see oneself as the centre of the universe and I gather that could also be another reason it would seem Christianity is being blamed for all the worlds’ ills. On the other hand what has been presented in this discussion is only the tip of the ice berg as far as the breadth and depth of harm Christianity has done to human beings, that which is only relevant to forcing Christian immorality or Christian values as many call it onto innocent children.
As far as Jesus having nothing to do with the Inquisition you are both right and wrong, Jesus is nothing more than an occult character and idol of superstition and naturally as such Jesus is not capable of anything at all. The so called values attributed to Jesus is completely responsible for the Inquisition, for if they were ‘good’ values the Inquisition would never have occurred. The Holocaust occurred under fascism, not under critical democracy. From another perspective, a person does not join the Nazi party if he does not agree with the extermination of the Jews, a person does not become a Christian if he does not agree with witch hunting, the inquisition, the banning of gay marriage ect. Yes many Neo-nazis deny the holocaust and their inherited responsibility of the past and so do Christians, yes Muslims do it , corporations do it , not only Christians. But it is the values that facilitate the actions. If Islam was ‘good’ values laden then Islamic terrorism would be impossible. If Christianity was ‘good’ values laden then Jesus camp wouldn’t be possible.
How could more Christians be thrown to the lions by Christian Rome than in Imperial Rome? You have the answer, what do Christians believe happens to non-Christians? While you are at it what gives you the right to impose your beliefs on other peoples children?
Posted by West, Sunday, 15 October 2006 10:52:40 PM
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Please note, at no time did I criticise anyone's God or, even, religion per se. All I criticised was the comfortable assumption of righteousness by many of the religious when their actions would not seem to bear out their claims. An encyclopedic knowledge of biblical quotes, obsessive attendance at church on Sunday, prayers nightly or, even, the wearing of hair shirts does not a good human being make.
I have met good human beings who were deeply religious and good human beings who had no supernatural faith, and I have met the opposite too. The only advantage the non believer has is that he or she does not automatically claim to be "good" merely because they believe in a God. Good has been done in the name of a God, but much evil has been done in his or her name also, it is dangerous to forget that.
Posted by ena, Monday, 16 October 2006 8:18:01 AM
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