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| Spin Doctor |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
Is it? We never I don't think... Had assemblys every so often when we sang stuff and had Sally Army people speak and stuff. |
Yep, by law, every school in the country is supposed to do one act of Christian worship per day, but 99.9% of secondary schools in the country willingly break this law, because simply put, there isn’t enough hours in the school day to get all the teaching done and sit around praying. The Teachers Union put pressure on the powers that be to get the law changed so their not breaking any laws any more, but to my knowledge the law still stands.
At my secondary school, on the very rare occasion that there was a prayer said in assembly, they had no problems if you didn’t bow you heads and pray along with everyone else. Primary schools are a bit different though, as you’ll know a lot of them are connected to a major Christian denomination, so they get agitated if you don’t join in like the good little fundamentalist! ;) |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
I think it has something to do with a general belief in God vs. belief in a specific organized religion like Catholicism, Mormon, Presbyterian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, etc. |
I think it's highly likely that the god section is referring to the Abrahamic god and that god alone. That aside, most Hindus are polytheistic, as are many Pagans, as are (I believe) Shintoists - so they can't pledge allegiance to 'god'. Then you've got people who don't actually believe in a god; Buddhists, Humanists, Humanistic Jews, Agnostics, Atheists etc.
The US clearly isn't one nation under god - and as such the reference really shouldn't be there. If you define religion to mean the following:
| quote: | Originally posted by Dictionary.com
"1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe." |
How can the god reference not be considered religion? |
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| tathi |
thank god i live in australia
edit: pun not intended :p freudian slip? |
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| St_Andrew |
i think you missed the:
"The youth abstinence movement in the US claims more than 200,000 devotees." - part :p
you booth sucks, nothing like that in sweden :p |
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