tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4035112917210833546..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Ambivalence - Silent Goes the NightPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-86850085901987719302010-10-14T11:15:44.830-05:002010-10-14T11:15:44.830-05:00If you don't get the analogy I'm trying to...If you don't get the analogy I'm trying to draw in my comment above, try asking yourself: "Where is the honesty in taking 'winter break' and pretending Christmas & other religious holidays don't exist, or have no relevance to our culture or history?" Flat out, this move to stifle religious expression is nothing less than a form of indoctrination in a state-sponsored, secular religion.RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-49870849719582941132010-10-14T10:38:04.151-05:002010-10-14T10:38:04.151-05:00I think this dilemma is akin to the question wheth...I think this dilemma is akin to the question whether we should adopt the politically-correct dating terms "C.E." and "B.C.E." (instead of "A.D." and "B.C."). The irony in this is that, in the very act of studying history, we are glossing over the historic reason behind our numbering of the years. We can hardly claim to be objective and honest students of history if we cover up the fact that Christ is at the crossroads of our dating system. Much sooner would I see some other dating system adopted (such as "from the founding of Rome" or some other precisely dated event) than have Christ's role in history so publicly and deliberately snubbed.RobbieFishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4026432372389899192010-10-14T08:24:05.154-05:002010-10-14T08:24:05.154-05:00If you really, really want religion in your school...If you really, really want religion in your schools... there has been a traditional way to handle this. Form your own parochial day school. This means ponying up the cash, but if it is what you want....<br /><br />This is an irony of history. When there was prayer in public school, the norm was very much for the Lutheran Churches to have their own schools. Now, as our schools are in decline, there is more bellyaching that there is no prayer in school.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't want the folks at the public school trying to teach my kids anything about God - the correcting of heresy is harder and longer than simply teaching rightly.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.com