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Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools.
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 20:17:13 EDT
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> 
> >You are over looking the fundamental difference between a church and a school.
> >The church is free to teach whatever it wants simply because it is a private
> >organization and not subject to any state or federal guide lines concerning
> >public education.
> 
> I have no qualms about this, although I would say the church is a private
> organization because it teaches whatever it wants, not the other way around.  
> That's what the separation of church and state is all about.
> 
> >The school on the other hand, that is public schools, is a public organization
> >set up to teach the sum total of man's endeavors, be it math, evolution, or
> >religion.  The poeple being taught in these public schools have a right to 
> >ALL the information concerning mankind on earth, and this definitely should 
> >include the concept of creationism.
> >
> 
> WRONG!  The public school system is NOT the place for religion of any kind.
> I can't believe schools were set up to teach THE SUM TOTAL OF MAN's
> ENDEAVORS.  Schools (public) are there to teach the minimum necessary
> for a person to survive in our society.  That's why it's compulsory. 
> Sometimes they fail even at that.  Religion is NOT necessary to survive 
> in our society.  I've survived quite nicely without, thank you.
> 
> What people ARE taught is the ability to *gather and analyze* all knowledge, 
> so as to make informed CHOICES about which religion, if any, to follow.
> That's why we are taught to read and to use a library, and why we, as a
> nation, value free speech.  Free speech doesn't mean compulsory speech.
> Neither does freedom of religion mean compulsory religion.
> 
> 			End of "sermon",
> 
> 			Scott J. Berry

Mr. Barry forgot to add that creationism is *NOT* information. It's not even
science. It's an unprovable idea.

				Chris Young.