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+1 CoombellKid.
Hell, even scientists were imprisioned by the Church for falseties (Gallileo anyone?). The church ruled with an iron fist, anyone who didn't agree was tortured and usually killed. It's like the Borg in Star Trek - lower your shields and prepare to be assimilated.
I look at some of the religious propaganda (because that's all it really is) and laugh. According to the Vatican, if you don't worship their God, and you don't repent, you go to hell. Since the bible says that worshipping another God(s) other than God is a sin, then 80% of the world's population is going to Hell. What a lovely forgiving God, and what a lovely forgiving religion (please note the sarcasm in my text).
Thankfully I'm a rather easy fellow to please - I'm a chaos anarchist druidic pagan. I worship mother nature. Man can keep arguing with her all he likes, and she'll keep kicking our you know whats. Time and time again. The whole idea of science is to constructively prove, with evidence, a belief. Science doesn't rely on false beliefs, social or peer pressure, etc. It's generally quite accurate without the need to resort to religious mumbo jumbo.
And, I firmly believe that religion has no place in a public school, as an alternative to scientific theories. To do so is anachronistic. One thing I've learnt about religion is that it's all about *control and power*. Nothing more.
I'd like to thank the mods for allowing this thread to have a relevant modicum of common sense in the discussions, and some area to grow in terms of how to approach the debate.
Dave
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