THEY TOLD ME THAT IF GEORGE W. BUSH WERE RE-ELECTED,
we'd see schoolboys punished for refusing to kneel and pray in class. And they were right!
But it didn't happen in the US. Not this time, anyway.
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This actually has happened here before, in California, I think. Sorry, I don't have a link to it. I do remember parents being upset that their children were being forced to plan a 'jihad' as part of their class.
After I posted this, I wondered... how many Christian parents would let this slide for the sake of being tolerant, multi-cultural, and to avoid making trouble? Or maybe the question is, how many have?
I'm glad those kids refused even if they did get punished. Otherwise no one would have known about it. I hope my kids would have refused. I am pretty sure one of them would. The other might still be a afraid to.
Oh, I wish weren't having this discussion but I think it's one more families need to have. I think of those reporters in Iraq who professed a conversion to Islam (falsely, they said) to save their lives. My kids are young, so we don't get too deep into it, but we often talk about the need not to deny Christ if they are ever in a situation where that is called for. (Of course I don't know if those reporters were Christian, I'm making a bit of a leap there.) I realize that many people wouldn't consider that a child participating in a school activity on world religions would be denying Christ but it's certainly a step in that direction.
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This actually has happened here before, in California, I think. Sorry, I don't have a link to it. I do remember parents being upset that their children were being forced to plan a 'jihad' as part of their class.
Sandy
Sandy, yes, thank you, I'd forgotten about that.
After I posted this, I wondered... how many Christian parents would let this slide for the sake of being tolerant, multi-cultural, and to avoid making trouble? Or maybe the question is, how many have?
I'm glad those kids refused even if they did get punished. Otherwise no one would have known about it. I hope my kids would have refused. I am pretty sure one of them would. The other might still be a afraid to.
Oh, I wish weren't having this discussion but I think it's one more families need to have. I think of those reporters in Iraq who professed a conversion to Islam (falsely, they said) to save their lives. My kids are young, so we don't get too deep into it, but we often talk about the need not to deny Christ if they are ever in a situation where that is called for. (Of course I don't know if those reporters were Christian, I'm making a bit of a leap there.) I realize that many people wouldn't consider that a child participating in a school activity on world religions would be denying Christ but it's certainly a step in that direction.
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