All education should be private and out of reach of government,bureaucratic ideologues and extreme Left unions. Not all private education is 'toffee' and expensive. Vouchers for parents to choose a school in place of direct taxpayer money to schools has been suggested - and ignored by the power-crazed - many times.

In the meantime, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, you name it, must be allowed to practise their faiths and beliefs without activists trying to bullying them into denying their faiths just to suit said activists who, if they wish, can call themselves whatever they want to; identify as something they patently are not - but they cannot expect other people to agree with, accept them into a group they don't believe in, or change the laws and established moral behaviour of societyto suit their miserable minority.

This is what God does in an atheist's life.
http://www.prageru.com/video/stories-of-us-adrienne-johnson

Been reading up on some of the early Christian sects, You think some modern Christian have some wacko beliefs.

One example The Phibionite Christians

"After dining, married couples begin to have sex, each with another member. The man, however, has to withdraw before climax, so that he and his partner can collect the semen and ingest it together, saying, “This is the body of Christ.” Leaders of the sect who have already reached perfection can perform the rite with a member of the same sex. There is also sacred masturbation, where one can take the body of Christ in the privacy of one’s room."

Dear Paul,

Interesting account - I was not previously aware of Phibionite Christians.

What is it then that you are trying to say in terms of this very thread?

Are you perhaps implying that the state should ban and persecute such Christians or discriminate against them?

Only God knows what is in their heart and only a prophet (and I don't claim to be one) could perhaps tell whether or not their practices are indeed religious. I warned time and again that no law, no police, no judge could ever distinguish between true religious actions and pretenders [unless they employed prophets in the public service, which is not feasible in this day and age].

This is why no state law should ever even mention "religion", simply because they have no way to define it. This is also why there should be as few and as liberal laws as possible because only that can prevent/minimise situations where state-laws oppress religion.

Hi Yayutsu,

No way, as I read it the PHIBIONITE CHRISTIANS were not harming anyone. Why would I want to ban, persecute or discriminate against them.

Previously Jose' put up the PURITAN CHRISTIANS as an example of " Good Godly Christians". Then I pointed out the PURITANS committed genocide against the Native Americans and murdered other Christians, the QUAKERS, those guys I'd have an issue with. BTW Jose' never came back to defend these " Good Godly Christians", I can only assume he approves of their actions.

Paul, my previous point was - do religious people have the rights to practise their religion unhindered? i.e Jews in Israel? I never approved of any religious doctrine or behaviour.

The tennets of Christ teaching strongly condemn murder, adultry and lust which you seem to think is christian behaviour. If you want to find what is true Christian behaviour read the New Testament and notice the values it addresses, instead of what pseudo christians are supposed to have done. People are basicly evil and you seem to delight in the evil of people. Check out the link I gave, God is in the business of cleaning up lives.