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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 05:14:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> 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.
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 can they do it, but they can do it within the established "rules" of
life). If you don't want to believe in a higher power, you have a natural way
to explain it.
Previously you said:
> For example, store owners in Kibbutzes (1) are *required* to close their
> shops every Saturday, and other stores are mostly closed on Sats as well.
Here in the South alcohol can't be purchased on Sundays in a lot of places. I
can't think of any reason other than religious(2). As far as I know there
aren't any places that HAVE to close the stores on Sunday but a some stores do
close down, at least in the mornings.
Ben Roller
2. Not that I see anything particularly anti-religious about purchasing alcohol
on Sunday.
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| (...) One that always does get me a bit of a laugh is that Massachusetts had the "blue laws" longer than the south. They didn't START to be dismantled totally until the 70s (in the late to mid 70s they broke down and allowed stores to open on Sunday (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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