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Quran 101 would be a college course dumb****.
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Teaching the Quran in US high schools would create a huge ****storm from all our xenophobic retards. So while it might have a long-term benefit, I'm against it. We've already got enough senseless drama distracting us from the real issues.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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Not a style that students will ever use, and therefor a waste of valuable time to teach as a whole or to analyze as a whole. As I say, selections from it are certainly worth looking at to provide context/examples in social studies or world lit.Originally posted by gribbler View PostThe dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty…we will be remembered in spite of ourselves… The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the last generation… We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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This may be your opinion, and the opinion of many Muslims, but it is by no means a truth. Turks read non-Arabic Korans, for instance, and no one seriously argues that they are not properly Muslim.Originally posted by Jon Miller View PostThe dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty…we will be remembered in spite of ourselves… The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the last generation… We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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Valid as a modern critique, but the language of the King James Bible was "contemporary" for far longer in its history than it has been archaic.Originally posted by DaShi View Post
The real argument against the KJB should be that it is a poor translation, but that is only an issue for its religious users. The language is archaic by our standards but an excellent example of what first-rate English writing and vocabulary looked like in the early 1600s.The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty…we will be remembered in spite of ourselves… The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the last generation… We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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Enders game was about Hitler.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostEnder's Game should be taught for cultural relevance.
(Ender was Hitler. Spoiler)Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Originally posted by DaShi View Post
Religion shouldn't be taught as the truth in public K-12 schools. That said, I have no problems with some kind of Comparative Religions IB/AP course being taught in HS, or touching on(briefly) religion in history courses. The life of Muhammad was a pretty significant.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Ender's a realist, not hitlerOriginally posted by Lonestar View Post
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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The bible was not taught in my elementary - high school but all of the teachers were christians and there was a definite promotion of christian is right and everybody else will go to hell. Sort of like if you were in school and after your lesson the teacher said "Allah be praised", even though he was not teaching the koran you knew his words were backed by Allah. That being said, I do not support religous indoctrination in elementary - high school. I think that it is smart for college students and adults to learn as much as they can about islam as some members of the religion hate us and would like to see us dead, so it would be good as an adult to understand why and what can be done to overcome it. However, teaching kids religion in school is a bad idea that I feel would and does lead to extremism.What can make a nigga wanna fight a whole night club/Figure that he ought to maybe be a pimp simply 'cause he don't like love/What can make a nigga wanna achy, break all rules/In a book when it took a lot to get you hooked up to this volume/
What can make a nigga wanna loose all faith in/Anything that he can't feel through his chest wit sensationComment
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there is an easy solution... three extra classes and a fourth voted in by the parents in school... class one - protestantism, class two - catholicism, class three - islam... fourth class is voted by the parents, an option from the other great religions... judaism, buddhism, hinduism, sikhism, paganism, atheism, scientology... and all the kids get all the perspectives... once you confront them like that it will be easy to figure out which one is the correct one
for protestant representation we also need a vote... with Mormons, and Jehowas Witnesses being in that category.. .further edit... and to be fair we should give the vote for catholic or orthodox in that category, and to sunni or shia islam in third... so that everyone can feel empowered. I'd like to see that implemented in Alabama first, and broadcast the classes on TV. It would be a blast to watch.
Last edited by OneFootInTheGrave; September 18, 2011, 16:51.Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"Comment
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Better would be to form teams in PE based on religious affiliation. This will help children to be better prepared for real life situations such as holy wars (dodgeball) and witch hunts (hide and seek).Comment
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Funny you post that. Friday, the day before the BYU-Utah game,known as The Holy War, students from both schools set a world record for the largest game of, you guessed it, Dodgeball.Originally posted by Aeson View Post
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Holy War Dodgeball
I would also suggest fighting in sumo outfits. This will help our children to come to grips with how life will be once they (unavoidably) all become extremely obese.Comment
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I don't know what JM is talking about, but I took Comparative Religion in high school.Originally posted by a.kitman View PostClick here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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