Abolish Faith Schools

Links:

http://johannhari.com/2009/05/08/dear-god-stop-brainwashing-children

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/faithschools/

Category:

Education

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• Religion
• faith
• richard dawkins
• school
• christianity
• islam
• northern
• ireland
• johann
• hari
• god
• atheism
• muslim
• wahhabi

[MensRifleAssociation]

i am monkey pig man.

[29harveydinio]

@MensRifleAssociation lol what???

[marcarmstrong88]

another great vid :)

can i ask from what u know, do u think the UK will ban faith schools anytime soon? from what i can tell so far the issue to remove these schools has been weak and has never had any strong strong will to truly try and bring home the removal of these schools.

[29harveydinio]

@marcarmstrong88 No there have no moves to ban faith schools, and in fact the Governments of both Labour and Conservative have openly given their support for faith schools. Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister helped to create many more faith schools. It is frustrating that the politicians do not support this policy, but England is so entwined with religion it is ridiculous.

[AntiFascist2011]

@kazgful rejection of an assertion is FAITH that the assertion is wrong! The position that asserts nothing is AGNOSTICISM, not atheism. I believe that Islam is wrong. I also believe that atheism is wrong. Both are faith positions I hold to. Its not up to me to prove my position to you. Atheism IS an assertion! The burden of proof is as much upon you as me.

[AntiFascist2011]

@0mniaV1nc1t I don't think ALL atheists are 'cold-hearted killers'. Just ones that call an opposition to abortion 'disgusting dogma'. There are good arguments on both sides of the abortion debate. Christopher Hitchens was an atheist who opposed abortion.

Videos like this are just supporting a dogmatic atheist position instead of an intelligent debate.

[AThagoras]

"Those who die without adhering to Islam will go to hellfire." Shocking ... oh wait, that's exactly like what Christianity teaches.

Why are publicly funded schools indoctrinating kids into religions? Makes no sense to me.

[0mniaV1nc1t]

@AntiFascist2011 And comments like 'atheists are cold-hearted killers' doesn't make you a prejudiced religious bigot, does it? The Catholic church opposes birth control and abortion. My advice? Choose one.

Atheism isn't a religion. A lack of belief in god can't be a religion. Even secular humanism isn't a religion. Broadly speaking, religions involve some sort of public aspect and a belief in spirituality or some supernatural principle.

[0mniaV1nc1t]

@AntiFascist2011 If evidence pointed towards the existence of god, it wouldn't be the case that a majority of scientists are atheist. We're almost all agnostic in practice, because the existence of god is probably unfalsifiable. The evidence just doesn't point that way I'm afraid.

[AntiFascist2011]

So thinking that its wrong to murder babies is now called "disgusting dogma". Atheists are cold-hearted killers. You are trying to impose your own atheist dogma.

And the Catholic school I attended had poor working class kids like myself and was in a deprived area. About half the pupils were non-Catholic and no one cared what religion someone was. Johan Hari is another Atheist Fundamentalist. Videos like this prove that Atheism is just another religion.

[AntiFascist2011]

@0mniaV1nc1t Cosmologists would still try to figure out how God did it. But of course God is not part of science because science is the study of the natural world/universe and therefore assumes methodological naturalism. This is as it should be. However, people shouldn't confuse this with some kind of scientific support of atheism. Science is neutral on God's existence, however the evidence points towards Him as does logic and reason.

[AntiFascist2011]

You have your opinions. These effectively make up your faith of atheism. You have your views on issues like homosexuality and abortion. You wish to impose your religion/views on others and silence those who disagree. Secular schools indoctrinate children.

As for Northern Ireland. The conflict is about British occupation, not religion. The IRA counted Protestant Irishmen among their founders and seek a free united Ireland where Catholics and Protestants are treated equally.

[0mniaV1nc1t]

Nope - you don't NEED a god to create the universe. That's just a position of belief too. If it was definitely proven that you needed a god to create the universe, cosmologists wouldn't bother trying to figure out how it happened would they?

[0mniaV1nc1t]

@AntiFascist2011 Umm... not entirely representative of fact actually. The three best secondary schools in my area were non-faith schools.