I'm impressed, CJ.

>>OUG: << YOUR SIMPLY.... REPOSTING THE SAME GIBBERISH... >> Now that's truly funny.<<

You actually read his stuff?

I find it embarrassing.

Like seeing creepy Uncle Albert trying to chat up the stunning blonde bridesmaid at the reception, completely unaware that his hairpiece has slipped sideways and his flies are undone.

I just have to look away.

Gee Suss
Can you give me actual scientific evidence that God does not exist?
Answer bro is a big NO
You can take me all the way back to the big bang, but what caused the big bang?
As for evolution I think I would have to agree as one look at me and you would think that Diana Fossey would have been a good friend of mine (Gorillas in the mist {smile})
I don't agree that religion should be taught in schools as we have so many different beliefs and one can't cater to all
In regards the 10.000 year idea that goes against my own culture as we have been here at least 40 to 60 thousand years
Instead of religion being taught why not have a class teaching just the morality and ethics of society as that would teach a little of everything ie do unto to others as you would have them do unto you,help thy fellow man etc and leave the God bit out
Tolerance and Justice is what we should be teaching our young and if that meens tolerating the God believers so be it but those God believers should also tolerate those that don't believe in God not try to jamb it down thier throats that they are wrong
To each thier own
And all said and done this God fella must have had a sense of humour he created me(smile)
I suppose I will have OUG on my back now

But as I say while we all have this argument there are children out there being abused and hurt so it says little for either side when that is still happening

Thanks
From Dave

Quite so, Pericles.

I usually just skim over his posts, but the Caps-Lock "GIBBERISH" leapt out at me, nearly resulting in coffee all over my keyboard.

I try, but sometimes I'm not above a little schadenfreude. I shall go and self-flagellate. Actually, on second thoughts I'll wander over to the pub shortly and have a beer instead.

DWG can you give any scientific evidence that The Force does't exist?

Should we 'teach the controversy' and have the concepts of Midechlorians and the Light Side and Dark Side taught in schools?

Should people that call themselves Jedi get tax concessions? Should jedi preachers be in our public schools, teaching children this?

ATM religion is not only allowed in schools, children that opt out of it, are not allowed to learn anything else. You mention ethics classes, well religion has been fighting back on having that brought in.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/almighty-row-over-ethics-class-in-schools-20090925-g6a0.html

The Catholic Church and the Anglicans are strongly opposed to the ethics program.

This is the reality. Just because someone puts forward some supernatural explanation as a reality does not mean automatically you have to respect them for that.

At the moment, the religious do not tolerate those that do not have faith. They are second class citizens.

Religion has no place in our public schools, it has no place having rights above anyone else in our society. It should be allowed to be confronted for what it is, a belief.

We have laws in place that give religions the same rights as race. no other belief has that right. Indeed the legislation is the Racial and Religious Vilification Act, which treats this belief, as tho it is a race.

that's ridiculous. people can change and have belief confronted. Your race is something else entirely.

personally I can't follow anything One Under God is saying, it just looks like abuse with no meat to the argument

Woot
Where are you now coming from?
I am saying teach the children tolerance and morality
Where did you get this "Jedi" and "Dark force" and "Light force" from in my last post?
I also said that religion should not be taught in school as we cannot cater to all beliefs
Human dignity is what is required while tolerance should be taught
You can venture down most middle of the road beliefs and they all proclaim tolerance then so be it but leave the God preaching to those that want to go to thier churches on thier day of worship

Here's a quote, as God said unto Adam and Eve as he cast them from the garden of Eden, "go thee forth and multiply"

Further your just argumentative
Answer that without agreeing one way or another

Thanks from Dave

I think I'll join you CJ

>>...on second thoughts I'll wander over to the pub shortly and have a beer instead.<<

This thread is dead, that's for sure.

Mind you, looked at in a certain light, oug's ramblings show a remarkable resemblance to Vogon poetry.

Compare this with one of oug's offerings:

"Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits
On a lurgid bee
That mordiously hath bitled out
Its earted jurtles
Into a rancid festering
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts
And living glupules frart and slipulate
Like jowling meated liverslime
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me
With crinkly bindlewurdles
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon
See if I don't."

(Douglas Adams; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe)

Quite remarkable, isn't it?