Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
So are you gonna actually contribute to the discussion at hand or keep it up with atheist rhetoric and your obviously anti-religious agenda? Just wondering.
So, "in reality there is No God." is that statement a........ Sorry, couldn't resist.
Read the article. The teacher made up her own assignment. Probably not the best choice of example but I do think it really got blown out of proportion.
Still blame the district for not having authorized curriculum. There should be standardized information taught to all students the same. I don't really have issue with the teacher saying God is a Myth, it is a subjective answer.
Still blame the district for not having authorized curriculum. There should be standardized information taught to all students the same. I don't really have issue with the teachersaying God is a Myth, it is a subjective answer.
LOL …
IOW, you're entirely *okay* with a public school teacher proselytizing, as long as it is YOUR religion that is being taught … (Which is why we have and NEED the First Amendment rather strictly followed ..)
IOW, you're entirely *okay* with a public school teacher proselytizing, as long as it is YOUR religion that is being taught … (Which is why we have and NEED the First Amendment rather strictly followed ..)
Still blame the district for not having authorized curriculum. There should be standardized information taught to all students the same. I don't really have issue with the teacher saying God is a Myth, it is a subjective answer.
That certainly would have avoided this whole situation.
I'm not sure how I feel about that though. If everything is going to be standardized and churned out by a small group of people in a little room far far away why not just put the kids in front of a computer and let them take classes on line. Who needs a real live human with thoughts, experiences and creativity and perhaps wisdom to add to the educational experience.
Wouldn't this qualify as teaching religion in class, which violates separation of church and state? I think it's okay to teach ABOUT religions in school (assuming there is at least more than one, so the kids are getting a sample of different things), but the teacher should never, ever tell the students what his/her personal belief is on a religious subject.
This teacher should receive some kind of censure from her district.
The teacher said nothing about her personal beliefs, again the assignment was "Are the following statements facts, opinions or common assertions? It is NOT the teachers opinion that the statement "God is real" is a common assertion, it is fact and based on the rules of English language and grammar. For all anyone knows this teacher is a devout Christian.
The teacher said nothing about her personal beliefs, again the assignment was "Are the following statements facts, opinions or common assertions? It is NOT the teachers opinion that the statement "God is real" is a common assertion, it is fact and based on the rules of English language and grammar. For all anyone knows this teacher is a devout Christian.
Has nothing to do with rules of English language and grammar. That's a totally different thing. The concepts of "facts," "opinions," and "assertions" are not linguistic concepts, they are philosophical concepts--specifically the philosophy of epistemology--which are expressed in, for instance, Greek as well (or even better) than in English.
If you think it's a matter of English grammar, then that's why you haven't had a clue of the rather elementary epistemological responses I've made to you already.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
