Asolepius
23rd December 2005, 03:56 AM
There's a double message in this report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4552382.stm).
1. In stark contrast to the legal position in the US, just confirmed by the Dover judgement, schools are legally required to shove religion at students in the UK.
2. Half the schools are not complying - and have my full support!
Again we have the theologians, here represented by the archbishop of Wales, claiming the moral high ground:
"Now all those, it seems to me, are religious virtues - tolerance, forgiveness, compassion."
But they are not exclusively religious values are they? Hm...I wonder about truthfulness. Like the defendants in the Dover case who were found by the judge to have lied about their agenda on ID in schools. So with religion we get better morals? Don't make me laugh.
1. In stark contrast to the legal position in the US, just confirmed by the Dover judgement, schools are legally required to shove religion at students in the UK.
2. Half the schools are not complying - and have my full support!
Again we have the theologians, here represented by the archbishop of Wales, claiming the moral high ground:
"Now all those, it seems to me, are religious virtues - tolerance, forgiveness, compassion."
But they are not exclusively religious values are they? Hm...I wonder about truthfulness. Like the defendants in the Dover case who were found by the judge to have lied about their agenda on ID in schools. So with religion we get better morals? Don't make me laugh.