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Here's my question ... are we taking the little girl's word that the teacher said "God is a myth"? Or did the teacher actually say "God is not a fact" or "God is a common assertion," which would be in accordance with the lesson.
I don't see anything wrong with teaching in school that matters of religion are not fact. And frankly, I don't know of many denominations that actually teach that God is fact. They mostly teach that they have faith in God, and that faith is defined as belief in things that cannot be seen or proven. So I have a feeling that the lesson wasn't actually counter to the teachings of her religion, just her incorrect understanding.
Thank you, for exonerating the teacher with this statement! This is exactly what she taught, in telling the kids Common Assertion was the correct answer:
Commonplace Assertion: A statement that many people assume to be
true, but it can’t be proven.
So what then are people so offended by?
The really ironic thing is I recognize some of these posters who claim to be against being "PC", but apparently only when it applies to non-white, non-Christian groups.
Yup. It seems that the students failed to get the point of the lesson, as did, apparently the parents, the school admin, and most of the people here.
"There is a God" is a commonplace assertion, just like "There is no God."
Neither statement can be proved, nor disproved.
Somehow, the teacher let the whole thing get away from her.
In order to be considered a fact, a statement must be able to be proven.
Not true. Facts exist which are not yet proven and even not yet provable. There is also the very arguable discussion of what constitutes "proof" in one case or another.
This had nothing to do with religion. It was about determining the differences between verifiable fact, opinion, and commonplace assertion. To me, the statement that there is a God is the very epitome of a commonplace assertion. A teacher who had been around longer than a year would probably know to use Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy as an example instead, but this was a first-year teacher probably fresh out of college. She over-estimated her students' critical thinking abilities.
No, she overestimated her own understanding of what constitutes "evidence," "proof," and "fact."
"In New York, California, Vermont, the liberal states, I could totally see this as happening," Jordan's mom said. "But in Houston, Texas, where it's red, white, and blue, and stars all over, and God bless the USA, and 'Don't Mess With Texas', you know, Texas is messing with my kid."
"In New York, California, Vermont, the liberal states, I could totally see this as happening," Jordan's mom said. "But in Houston, Texas, where it's red, white, and blue, and stars all over, and God bless the USA, and 'Don't Mess With Texas', you know, Texas is messing with my kid."
? I think it would be the other way around ...right?
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