82% say religion is harmful

[zoomraker]

excellent points well made sb

[one eyed jack]

I'm no big lover of religion but if you suggest pulling state funding from those who are then you are just as harmful as the people you are railing against. Some may see such a retraction as an offence against their beliefs.

How then can we best remedy this situation without offence? That is the question you should answer. Stopping funding of any sort is not going to stop people believing in their faith. In short it sounds like a call to arms.

[strictlybroadband]

I believe in complete freedom of religion. I just don't want to fund religious teaching. In the 1980s Reagan introduced a lot of state support for religion which has continued up till now. The end result is that America has become more religious and more extreme in 20 years while Europe has headed in the opposite direction. Evangelists are targeting schools (for example sending free DVDs to teach "Intelligent Design").

If people want their kids to be religious, they should do it on their own time and own money. State-funded schools shouldn't be helping out. I'd abolish faith-based schools - they divide people. I know that Jewish schools for example teach a pro-Israeli political line - the state shouldn't fund religious or political brainwashing.

[crofter]

Well wet my sponge if it aint old stritcly spouting his hatred on the Western World and trying to dress it up as somfink else ... well fucking shock horror as has been already discussed if you aint happy with some of the policies of the British Government then why don't you call wolf on it ... but then again it is people like yoursleves who aint happy with their lot and then seems to take quite a few bucks out of the "great British Public" dare say you drive around in a fancy Mercedes Car and live in a fancy house but of course it wasn't Britain and it's lax rules/beliefs that gave you that Sir??

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[strictlybroadband]

crofter wrote:

> Well wet my sponge if it aint old stritcly spouting his hatred
> on the Western World and trying to dress it up as somfink else
> ... well fucking shock horror as has been already discussed if
> you aint happy with some of the policies of the British
> Government then why don't you call wolf on it ... but then
> again it is people like yoursleves who aint happy with their
> lot and then seems to take quite a few bucks out of the "great
> British Public" dare say you drive around in a fancy Mercedes
> Car and live in a fancy house but of course it wasn't Britain
> and it's lax rules/beliefs that gave you that Sir??

Hello Crofter, have we met? I'd like to chat, but the butler's bringing me breakfast now, and then the chauffeur's going to take me sales shopping in the Bentley (Mercedes? How common.)