Thats one of the problems. Many parents have shirked their responsibilities in these areas. Does that mean common sense should go out the window? If we as a nation are going to teach sex in school. Would'nt it be prudent to teach the why s, and wherfores of abstinence? I think this should be discussed in the light of GOD's Word. If it is to be discussed at all.
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I disagree - it is extremely difficult, if not impossible (and I lean toward impossible) to create a curriculum including God as a moral imperative that includes all of the possible religious orientations, or lack thereof, that are present in the average school. If you want your children to learn morality, in regards to sex ed and/or other topics, as it relates to God, that is your choice and your right, to teach them at home, or under the auspices of your particular religious facility. It is not - nor should it be - the school's place to teach religious ideology.
An example: I have several friends who are Orthodox Jewish, whose children attend public schools. They also attend private religious instruction through their shul (Orthodox synagogue). Their parents do not expect them to recieve such instruction through the public school system, nor do they expect them to be inculcated with another religion's beliefs and values, some of which they share with you and some of which they do not - yet you are saying that
your version of Christian ideology should be taught to
every child, as the cure for the ills you see in the behavior of the current younger generation.
I enjoy learning about other religions, but I do not, and did not as a child and teen, enjoy being forced to recite statements based on a religion that I disagreed with simply because that was what was taught to me in school. My parents ensured that I had the information I needed to make responsible, moral choices about sex and other activities, and the information provided by the school, which came as part of the health curriculum and centered on disease prevention and birth control, provided additional information that further supported the information I had from my parents - but it would not have had a major impact on me otherwise, and had it been couched in the religious terms that you are espousing, I would have ignored it completely, because
I am not Christian - and an argument based on the word of God and/or Christ is totally meaningless to me, and would be equally meaningless to a large number of students today. No one here is saying you cannot teach your children as you like - we are saying that we do not agree with teaching other people's children as you like, simply because you say so.
Absolutely. Not?
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ps:Graduate of the Wm. Shatner School of....
I don't understand this post.
Shesulsa - an aside from the thread - William Shatner is known for his disconnected method of speech, which sounds like he is putting periods in all the wrong places, because he pauses in odd places.
Donald - I agree with Shesulsa. No matter what your reason, your method of writing is difficult to read. While people do not necessarily discount your opinion simply because of your typing style, it does tend to distract, and therefore detract, from whatever you're trying to say.
We now return to the topic at hand.
