The keep religion out of schools (NZ) facebook page

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I have posted on this page a few times, but they keep removing them for some unknown reason. Their main goal, according to the page, is to “keep religious indoctrination out of public schools”.

I decided I would post here so my posts can not be deleted by them, and perhaps someone will even read them.

I have several problems here, not the least being keeping religious education out of schools;

1. There is no program of religious indoctrination in NZ schools. There is a totally optional extra curricular class called “bible in schools”, in SOME schools.

2. When they say “religious indoctrination” I am assuming they mean “christianity” – however the word encompasses Islam, Bhuddism, naturalism, evolutionism (as opposed to the science of evolution), atheism, etc. So, they can also rule out “keeping religious indoctrination out of schools” being taught in schools.

3. By removing any religious study/education, you are denying children a proper education of the world about them. Religion in all its forms is part of life and culture. Removing it is to force their particular world view (not sure, but I suspect atheists or at least agnostics in charge here), which is in itself a form of indoctrination.

 

Teaching children about the world about them, all the different perspectives, the pros and cons of the majors should be ESSENTIAL to our education system. What’s the worse than can happen? A child might learn to put others first? That humility and love are desirable traits to have in their lives instead of anger and arrogance? That they might choose to serve their community because they believe in a god of some kind?

What kind of arrogant egotistical selfish person would want to prevent their children, and other peoples children (many of whom have no objection to religious education which is not forced on people) from learning about what other people believe and why, and how this may or may not enrich the world we live in…

honestly.. some people should be banned from the internet (and schools.. and radios..).

A perspective on Abortion

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“A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: 

‘Doctor, I have a serious p…roblem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’ 

So the doctor said: ‘Ok and what do you want me to do?’ 

She said: ‘I want you to end my pregnancy, and I’m counting on your help with this.’

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ‘I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. 

Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.’ 

The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child!’ 

‘I agree’, the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.’ 

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.”

Well, the Election is done.

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And it looks like we have a National led government.

I guess I dont really have an issue with it, except that I dont think New Zealand voted for intelligent reasons. I think we voted out of fear, and thats NEVER a good reason to do anything, unless of course, you’re being chased by a grizzly bear and you run 😛

And Tomorrow We vote

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Its a scary day for us. We dont want the socialist “dark green” lefties in, but we dont really want the useless national party either. What can we do?

There has to be a change, no denying that, and we only have one real option. With MMP though, we can “temper” National by giving votes to parties such as Act, United Future, etc, who if they have some power, can put pressure on National. The problem is you can end up with a “lame duck” parliament, where nothing gets done.

I was interested to note that MMP was the system used to cripple the German government after WWII so as to prevent any one party having power.