[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by happyland

If I wanted my daughter to be learn about religion, I'd send her to church.. Schools should be for learning maths, English, science,languages etc..

My daughter had just lost her great gran (and her rabbit) soobviously she was delighted when Rev Thom (or the prime minister as she refers to him) happened to mention that people could come back to life!

I'm all for teaching children the deiiferences in religion and cultures all over the world but to fill their head with far fetched stories at such a young age is just wrong IMO!

R.E is now a compulsory subject as well I believe; it is expected that she will learn the history of Christianity isnt it?

I dont know whether it is a religous school or how much they've taught about Christianity but I would have thought it would be made clear that Jesus was a bit of a special case?

They are just saying what is said in the Bible, you may personally believe it is far fetched stories but I doubt they will. Why would crucifixtion be far fetched anyway? Personally, I dont think you can ignore the reason behind these holidays. If you dont believe in God fair enough, but the whole point of Easter is supposed to be to celebrate Jesus' resurrection so it's not that surprising that it was mentioned in an Easter service

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

R.E is now a compulsory subject as well I believe; it is expected that she will learn the history of Christianity isnt it?

I dont know whether it is a religous school or how much they've taught about Christianity but I would have thought it would be made clear that Jesus was a bit of a special case?

They are just saying what is said in the Bible, you may personally believe it is far fetched stories but I doubt they will. Why would crucifixtion be far fetched anyway? Personally, I dont think you can ignore the reason behind these holidays. If you dont believe in God fair enough, but the whole point of Easter is supposed to be to celebrate Jesus' resurrection so it's not that surprising that it was mentioned in an Easter service

Yeah but the service was for the nursery kids, P1 2 & 3, so we're talking age 3- 7. Surely you agree that that much detail is too much for infants? I mean, Iwould imagine they will at some point learn about Hitler but I wouldn't expect them to show 6 year olds images of women and children being gassed!

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by happyland

Yeah but the service was for the nursery kids, P1 2 & 3, so we're talking age 3- 7. Surely you agree that that much detail is too much for infants? I mean, Iwould imagine they will at some point learn about Hitler but I wouldn't expect them to show 6 year olds images of women and children being gassed!

Hmm true, I dont know how much detail there was but yeah there does have to be a line

[letmein]

Originally Posted by MTVN

R.E is now a compulsory subject as well I believe; it is expected that she will learn the history of Christianity isnt it?

I dont know whether it is a religous school or how much they've taught about Christianity but I would have thought it would be made clear that Jesus was a bit of a special case?

They are just saying what is said in the Bible, you may personally believe it is far fetched stories but I doubt they will. Why would crucifixtion be far fetched anyway? Personally, I dont think you can ignore the reason behind these holidays. If you dont believe in God fair enough, but the whole point of Easter is supposed to be to celebrate Jesus' resurrection so it's not that surprising that it was mentioned in an Easter service

"Easter" came from the Pagans, and the Christians stole it. That's just a historical fact.