Hi David,

I agree with your take on the state and religion. God is invoked time and again as what justifys military action to kill the innocent; "In God we trust" nonsense. The Americans invoke God at every oppertunity in their political decision making, as if he is the guiding force behind their actions.

America is a one party state, The Capatalist Party, a party with two not dissimilar heads. Is Biden really that different to Trump? The Communists also see themselves as democratic, different voices within the one philosophy/party. That is an argument on its own.

David, if you look at what social philosophies are taught in public schools that are in addition to secular education, then religious schools have every equal right to teach their social philosophy / world view with the secular subjects of the education curiccummum.

I had three children attend a religious school and it cost 6% of my gross income, The government subsudised the secular portion of their education. They all grew to have good income and pay tax and contribute to society. The Government had no say in the religion taught in the school, but the continual push by atheists is to have all children indioctrinated in their atheistic philosophies by attending State Schools.

The social philosophies taught in some public schools are contrary to the values of the religious Family. That is why home edication is increasing in both Australia and America because some schoolteachers are teaching is actual sexual grooming, and the deliberate hiding information from parents.

Dear Josephus,

I see no need in arguing further. Being neutral toward religion is not teaching atheism. The public schools do not teach atheism. I think you have a right to send your chuldren to religious schools. However, I think it is wrong for taxpayers to pay for it. You write the government had no say what your children were taught. That is not true. The government had a say in asking that your children receive an adequate grounding in secular subjects.

I think religion is nonsense. The percentage of people in Australia who agree with that is increasing. From your posts I would say that you have a great deal of hate for Catholics. From what I can see of your religion it teaches hate. The Nazis didn't invent Jew hate. They were inspired by the sermons of Martin Luther, one of the founders of Protestantism.

We can all do the best we can.

Dear Josephus,

There are Christian chaplains in the public schools. I think this is wrong. There should be no chaplains of any religions in the public schools. I think courses of comparative religions where students are told about different religions without passing judgment on any is ok. Parents of any religion or none should feel safe in sending their children to public schools knowing that their children will not receive any religious indoctrination. I am glad that I have no children of school age as I would not like to send them to Australian public schools with Christian chaplains. I would also not like to send them to private schools associated with a religion.

David, you have a false view of chaplins and social subjects.

!. Chaplains are not Religious Educators, but councellors for individual students having problems.
2. I do not hate persons of the Chaholic faith as I have a daughter and grandson Catholic. I strongly dissagree with what the history of the Roman State Church has done.
3. Christians who send their children to Religious Schools are also taxpayers. They pay tax and school fees for their children.
4. The Government [made up of Christians and everything else] pay for secular education in every education system.
5. Public schools in social subjects teach sexual dysporia and gender reasignment and Critical Race theory which violates a Christian scientific World view. This is directly opposed to God and family. Opposed to God as God created male and female, and they alone become one flesh to reproduce and nurture.

Dear Josephus,

I know chaplains are councilors. However, I object to councilors representing any religion whether it be Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish or Muslim. Councilors should be able to advise students of any background. Would you want chaplains of a non-Christian religion advising your children? I would not want Christian chaplains advising mine. The army has chaplains. However, they are trained to serve all soldiers of every background. School chaplains only have sectarian training.

If Christians decide not to use the state schools they should pay for their own schools.

The public schools are for the good of all like the armed forces and the postal service. Christianity is just one of many religious and non-religious beliefs. Government and the public should not favour one belief over another. Belief in God is a matter of opinion and should not be promoted as fact.

Gender dysphoria is a scientific fact whether or not you choose to recognize it. Critical race theory (CRT) is a cross-disciplinary intellectual and social movement of civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to examine the intersection of race and law in the United States and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice. CRT began in the United States in the post–civil rights era, as 1960s landmark civil rights laws were being eroded and schools were being re-segregated. With racial inequalities persisting even after civil rights legislation was enacted, CRT scholars in the 1970s and 1980s began reworking and expanding critical legal studies (CLS) theories on class, economic structure and the law to examine the role of U.S. law in perpetuating racism. CRT is necessary to move on from the past history of institutional racism and treat people fairly regardless of race.

From what I can see your religion promotes prejudice, ignorance and superstition. Taxpayers should not support it.