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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:23:03 GMT
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:58:58 GMT "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote
concerning 'Re: Mormon bashing again':
> 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.
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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 (elementary, grades 2-6), but rathar given as a choice.
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.
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> 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.
cool!
:)
Dan
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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