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Originally Posted by romansh Hi Lecter .... thanks for this post/video | Thank you for watching it and responding  |
No, thank you, I was brought up on Britsh tele (translation TV
) Though I thought it was heavily edited and the music was added to give the commentary a dramatic whoomph .... to give it a technical term.
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I could not help thinking that blind acceptance
| Why do you call it blind acceptance? Most of the Muslim speakers you heard talking weren't born Muslim. So they don't follow blindly whatever religion they were born into. Some of them were probably atheists. However something convinced them this religion was true and so they followed it.
Of course this video wasn't about that subject at all, nor is this thread about which religion is true, or why I claim my religion is true. I guess that belongs in another thread  |
I was actually thinking of the Christians when I said that, but now you come mention it. I found it curious they had to find a non-Brit (sounded American)to stand on a 'soap box' to (what laughably passes as for) debate with a Muslim at Hyde Park Corner. Were you convinced the debaters and the people listening and were open minded? Having said that I know I would not have been?
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What really concerned me were the little children receiving their religious education
| That's a very good point you bring up.
In my opinion however, I don't see anything wrong with bringing up your children to follow your religion, per se. You might ask, but why can't they know about agnosticism, a Hindu would demand they hear about Hinduism as well, and what about Judaism? See where I'm going with this?
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I agree with you .... If done well it is not a problem or at least should not be.
My own RE was a mixture of cultural indoctrination, and a mixture of the worst kind of dogma and enlightened examination of the Christianity. One of the most important things that I was taught was that the bible may have literal truths in it, but it should be treated as a very powerful metaphor. Just curious where do you stand on the Qur'an, is it a powerful metaphor, the literal truth, or a mixture. If a mixture more of which??? if you see what I mean?
Would you be OK with agnosticism being taught in a Muslim school?
I suppose I'm jealous; Catholicism is taught in catholic schools, Islam is taught in Muslim schools.... there are no doubt other religious schools. I just want an agnostic school for Christmas???
all the best