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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:58:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> Not to mention the totally mandatory learning of the Bible (well, the old
> testament as christians call it). Everyone has Torah/Bible classes from 2nd
> grade all through middle school. Then in high-school you get to 'choose' -
> whether you want to take Bible in an enriched class. Every student is required
> to take the Tanach (bible) Matriculation tests (2) whether they like it or
> not.
Err, just to make myself clear - I don't mind teaching the bible, as long as
it is taught as a foundation to our country (Israel) and not as a practice we
should all believe in. I also believe that it should not be enforced after
grade school (elementary, grades 2-6), but rathar given as a choice.
I liked my third-grade teacher's approach - while we learned about the ten
Egypt Makot (Blood, frogs and the rest, don't know the english word) she also
explained to us what scientists today believe might've caused them, as with
the 'seperation' of the red sea.
> (2) The matriculation tests are mandatory in subjects like Math, English,
> Bible, World History and more. At least one science is required as well. You
> cannot graduate high-school without completing these.
> The matriculation scores are basically the only thing colleges pay attention
> to, other than an SAT-equivalent test that isn't mandatory (but is if you
> wanna go to college :)
-Shiri
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| (...) The Plagues, I guess. I think that's a great way to teach religious things in school. If you want to believe that a higher power caused them, knowing how the power did it should only reinforce your belief in the power (by saying that not only (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:58:58 GMT "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Mormon bashing again': (...) exactly, I agree. I was never tought that "I should believe in the bible", not even by the part of my family that _is_ religious. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Mormon bashing again
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| (...) Or me either. You Americans don't know how lucky you are to at least have SOME degree of separation between the two. In Israel the two are totally mixed, wisted and intertwined to a horrible and utterly disgusting mess. The orthodox Jews have (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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