Your god is a big boy, he can stand up for himself.

OH, not so.
He needs us all to stand tall for him.

Your comment is the fall of this nation......ignore him and he shall just be OK.

Not so. We don't all have to go to church every Sunday.

We do have to keep him in mind every day though.
I know it's tough the way busy things are today, by I manage it.
A simple few seconds of prayer each day...you don't even have to clasp your hands or close your eyes. Just talk to your maker once in a while and let him know you have not forgotten the favor that he granted you when he put you upon this earth...................

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman

Your god is a big boy, he can stand up for himself.

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I do not fight fascists because I think I can win.
I fight them because they are fascists.
Chris Hedges

A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Should children be forced into the religion of their parents?

I believe until they are of age, they should be taught the religion of their parent's choice. That is a parent's right, I think.

After that, they should have learned enough to either accept their parent's religion or find their own, should they chose to do so.

I was publicly schooled, with a few 'Sunday school' classes from time to time.
I don't see as it helped me much, I ran wild until really just a number of years ago when the teachings took hold and I saw they were quite right.

I don't really try to FORCE my religion upon anybody. But that does not mean I shall not voice it when I feel the inclination.

You are all free to make your own choices, whatever they may be. If, in some way, I can influences them, so be it.

EDIT...
Hope I made myself clear.
My position is that yes, parents have the right to 'force' their religion upon their children up to the age of consent.
After that, I believe they are released from consent and have the right to form their own opinions, even if they vote democratic.

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman

In 1967 on a trip through the Mediterranean and up through Europe to the UK I met a group of 8 teachers from Northern Ireland. They were of different faiths but agreed on one thing. That the segregation of kids by religion in Northern Ireland only agrevated the situation there.

1967 was before the violence broke out there.

For me there should be no religion in schools what so ever. If the parents want them to have formal faith education then Sunday Schools is the place for it. Even though I know the extra funding provided by some religions improves the education standards.

Not that I am really in favour of that either.

Should children be forced into the religion of their parents?

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And what does that silly arse graphic represent, my friend?

The percentage of those who were asked what religion they belong to?
Some in the ACLU, I suppose, would profess to be Christian.
Not that their actions would support that claim.

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman

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And start responding to crap from the ACLU and others who wish to disassociate this country from him?

I am personally getting rather fed up with the bullsh^t from those who say there is no place for God in this country's schools. It's not like they are spoon feeding these kids a Christian agenda. But acknowledging him in a passive way should not be a problem except for those anally implanted.

The separation of church and state does not mean that God cannot be recognized.
It simply means that the state should not specifically use it's means to promote religion, or one religion over another.

God has had a very large part of the founding of the United States of America.
Look over all the original documents, and you would be hard pressed to find many that do not mention him.

In God we trust.....or at least we used to.

I suggest to you, that the demise of God in this culture has led to many of it's current downfalls.

This is simply starting to irk me........ACLU seeks removal of Ohio school's Jesus portrait.

And what percentage of the US population does the freaking ACLU purport to speak for, anyway???


ADDENDUM...
I suppose the frickin' ACLU purports to speak for 100% of Americans......
I should rephrase the question to ask what percentage of the US population purports that the ACLU speaks for them?

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman