Comments on: SJB: “End Compulsory Worship In The Schools”

By: Alvina

Alvina — Wed, 19 May 2021 23:42:22 +0000

Great information. On the off chance that you don’t worship, you’ll never encounter God.

By: saud

saud — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:19:13 +0000

“you seem to be like you name suggests…”

Correct, I’m a Saudi prince…and you’re nothing but a joke. LOL

By: saud

saud — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:18:04 +0000

“ever hear the saying about opening your mouth and proving you own foolishness’.”

Yes, and thank you for illustrating it for all of us to see.
You poor little ignorant bigot.

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:11:29 +0000

This debate is not about Sharia law or what happens in the Middle East. There is zero any of us can do about that situation. But I’ll push back by saying that even Saddam Hussein was a religious tolerant leader in Iraq. His VP was a Christian.

But I’d rather keep the debate closer to home.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:13:06 +0000

Not here of course, but if you lived in the Middle East, do you think you’d have to follow Sharia. Religious states are far worse than our local God botherers (who have been told how to behave).

Make no mistake, if they could, they’d “make” you believe. See SSM debate as a classic example.

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:17:07 +0000

I painted with a pretty broad brush with my previous post. Of course, I don’t think every Christian or religious person pushes their beliefs on everyone. Many certainly are respectful and go about their business but I think I was trying to make a point about separation of church and state – or rather, church and school.
But no Muslim or Jew has ever tried to get me to believe what they believe or push their doctrines onto me. It’s only ever Christians who do that. I’m willing to bet that they wouldn’t be met with such hostility if they just went about their business and treated everyone with dignity and respect.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:01:40 +0000

To be fair, it’s not just Christians. The religious are incapable of keeping their faith to themselves, they won’t be happy until you believe it too.

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:56:35 +0000

If I had a child in public school in Bermuda and my partner and I raised that child according to a non-Christian religion like Islam or Judaism or even no religion, I wouldn’t want them reciting any Christian prayer. It’s as simple as that. Why do Christians always think they need to force their beliefs on everyone? Mind your business.

And what happens if my child doesn’t join in the Christian prayer? Do they get in trouble? Is the school going to me and say, “Your child is in detention because he didn’t join in prayer today”.

If we have to force students to pray then we need to have other religions represented in school. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:32:22 +0000

Cause calling people names and yelling at them proves your intelligent and capable of adult debate…..

LOL you seem to be like you name suggests…

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:29:32 +0000

So your lack of education is showing and the only one with the bigot mind set is you.

LOL ever hear the saying about opening your mouth and proving you own foolishness’.

By: saud

saud — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 22:27:34 +0000

I don’t take orders from bigots like you.

If you were capable of debating like an adult, you might have had the chance of learning something….instead, you just revealed that you’re an ignorant bigot.
You’re dismissed.

By: Lol (original)

Lol (original) — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:54:26 +0000

Perhaps you could answer the math question I asked above then?

Lol

By: Lol (original)

Lol (original) — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:52:35 +0000

Maybe you could explain the mathmatics behind the odds of every cell beating the odds that each cell is what it is in the body to make up the marvel that is life. You and me. Depending on your understanding of chemistry you might find that its a lot hard infact impossible for a bowl of matter soup could become a hourse or a blade of grass. Ill wait for you to work out the odds of that then perhaps when we’re old and grey you mighy have an answer. Till then please indulge us church lovers which I am not how exactly it all happend.

Lol

By: saud

saud — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:19:16 +0000

“reveal it’s ugly head.”

Yes, that’s exactly what you’ve done. You’ve revealed your devil influenced bigotry.

Who would have thought that in 2021 we’d still be subject to this archaic BS.
Religion, the tool of the uneducated.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:43:10 +0000

Now more than ever we need prayers in school. Many of our children are lost with no religious, moral and ethical foundations. In many cases these forums are the only balance that is introduced to these children. Yes there are other religions than Christianity, but surely alternate arrangements can be made for those who wish to pray to their Respective God to do so. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Prayers still have a place in schools for our beautiful Bermuda. The devil is certainly at work and using this opportunity to reveal it’s ugly head.

By: saud

saud — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:42:03 +0000

“if any thing, schools need more prayer and time with God,,”

NO, schools do not need any more of this BS!

In fact, education is the best cure for religion!

By: Sheena

Sheena — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:42:48 +0000

Agreed! God does not force Himself on anyone! Don’t want God in schools? Now it’s going to be broken. Look at what happened in the US schools! Hang on because were headed for a very bumpy ride! And I promise not to say, “I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!”

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:00:22 +0000

Agreed, 1000 years from now we will look back on our church lovers, as we look on those 1000 years ago. Primitive and basic.

It’s obviously a load of nonsense, made up to satisfy our fear of death and explanation.

Just enjoy yourself, make the most of life, stop hanging on to the blatantly untrue.

By: IslandChild

IslandChild — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:56:27 +0000

Religion has no place in schools, unless the school is run by a particular church itself.

It’s something that should be taught at home and, of course, in the church itself.

Schools are for secular learning.

A compromise might be to have, instead of a led prayer, a brief ‘moment of quiet reflection’ allowing those who pray to do so, and those who do not to have their own quiet thoughts. That way no child can be singled out for their beliefs, or non-belief, which if it is happening suggests that those doing it need to revisit their own beliefs.

By: BermyYouth

BermyYouth — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:57:23 +0000

if any thing, schools need more prayer and time with God,, violence increasing in Bermuda, and only going to get worst.. then when everything goes wrong and downhill, ppl wondering where was God.. they don’t want Him around..

By: PBanks

PBanks — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:50:45 +0000

It’s not just the US that doesn’t have mandatory prayer in public schools ya know.

And agree with saud on getting your chemical compounds correct. Carbon monoxide is pretty much fatal.

By: saud

saud — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:43:34 +0000

There is no god, try again.

By: saud

saud — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:17:12 +0000

“…constant breathing of carbon monoxide gas messing up peoples brains.”

This, and you should seek help.

It’s carbon Dioxide, by the way.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:26:55 +0000

Or let’s phrase it another way..how about we stop lying to our children huh?

By: Sherlene Anne Smith

Sherlene Anne Smith — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:32:24 +0000

People who want to take PRAYER out of School. I would say U never went to Church or Sunday or Sabbath School. I can tell U , LOT OF U WENT TO COLLEGE ON A WING & A PRAYER . That God would send or make away for that School fee will come through.

By: LOL (original)

LOL (original) — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:04:08 +0000

That is your perspective.

By: Red Pill

Red Pill — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:03:48 +0000

They are finally making sense.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:51:19 +0000

It’s broken.

By: StantheMaintenanceMan

StantheMaintenanceMan — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:01:29 +0000

Here we r in a rush to be like America again. Sadly under the guise of Social Justice. Sooo you want to take a little bit of singing and prayer out of schools cause it’s eroding social justice. Am I bugging right out or are all these masks and constant breathing of carbon monoxide gas messing up peoples brains.

By: Jevon Ray

Jevon Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:04:01 +0000

If it ain’t broken, no need to fix.

By: Trouble in the csmp

Trouble in the csmp — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:52:21 +0000

Now don’t go getting people all restless and worked up! They like their religion in Bermuda. We got lots of churches and kids are our future customers so p*** off!

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:30:56 +0000

Well well, what very well written argument. Excellent, overdue but welcome nonetheless.

Didn’t see that one coming. Well done.