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Originally posted by iamsupermanv2
reply to post by Hazystars
You know what, I'd venture to say that reading these pieces of literature as children do more to help them understand their own personal faith (not some religious doctrine that is fed to them) a little easier. I remember reading books in school and it was clear the characters had an opinion on faith, but were not banging people on the head with it. Yes, it is masked, but it seeps in to the kids who actually read and understand the stories.
The teachings of Atticus Finch lead me towards my personal beliefs more then any person I've known.
Originally posted by Taupin Desciple
reply to post by TheOneElectric
If this kid knew he was going to have an ETHICS assignment in an ETHICS class, how did he NOT expect to have to write something dealing with the differences of good and bad. THAT WHAT ETHICS ARE!!!!!!!!
Peace
3) Allow me to demonstrate the example of how this is a potential christian ploy Hey everyone, lets start learning about biblical creatures...well, we must know the bible in order to write down the concept...and yep, since the selling of the soul is a negative thing, then we have to accept a christian based devil. Now then, we have the understanding of the devil being bad, giving up the soul is bad, and the temporary gain of materalistic profit followed by the falling away from God is a bad thing because life is a fleeting experience. Yes children, I hope you learned by the end of this report that no matter how you sell your soul and at what price, it is a bad experience...Go with God, accept Jesus and you will not have to sell your soul.
Originally posted by crimsongod21
It sounds to me like she just didnt want to write the paper not out of some moral indignity but due to the fact that she is lazy.
EMPIRE, you aren't getting it, let me demonstrate something.
The question: "How would you sell your soul to the devil?" - Not Okay
Without "How": "Would you sell your soul to the devil?" - Okay
Why does this lady find this offensive? Because she is not asked IF she would sell her soul to the devil. She is asked HOW her she would sell her soul to the devil.
"If" gives this person a choice to fall to the temptations of the Devil.
"How" does not, it simply asks them how they will fall and what for.
Someone mentioned Jesus being tempted which apparently made this question fine. Those of you who don't know about the story, in the story Jesus does not give in to the temptations of the Devil. Jesus, in the story, was given the choice to choose whether he would fall to temptation or rise above it. The assignment we're all talking about does not allow for the person to be the type to overcome.
Plus, if all of that isn't enough, here's this next thing:
In general religion, there is a God figure and a Devil figure. If the God figure is not going to be allowed in school, then why can his adversary? If God is a academic naughty word, so should Devil. Worst, the question itself implies that Satan or the Devil actually exists, but yet, if you mention God's involvement in creation your either told to be quiet or your told that God doesn't exist.
What's next? Can't fold your hands and bow your head to pray, but you can yell "hail Satan!"? I'm dead serious, it's these types of things that stack up like domino's and lead to things like that.
A few years ago I did a test. I picked two days out of a year, distanced by 2 months. One day I went in with the Holy Bible and read for reading time so everyone could see. People looked at me strangely, made comments to inappropriateness and so on. The other day I went into school with The Satanic Bible, no response.
I am not trying to create a conspiracy, I'm just saying people are acting in a backwards manner. Whether you recognize the existence of God and Satan, you still have to admit that the Holy Bible should raise less flags than the Satanic Bible..
There is a major difference between having a story helping you understand your faith better, and having to write about having to sell your soul to the devil.
Writing about selling your soul to the devil doesn't help you to understand your own faith, it only leads to the dark side.
Because I believe there is a devil, then I also believe all those children just gave him ammunition to use against them.
Originally posted by hadriana
What if the child is pagan and doesn't believe in the devil?
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What if the child is pagan and doesn't believe in the devil?
How would Christians like it if the title of the assignment was
"Which God(dess) in the Egyptian Pantheon is most worthy of my Worship"