that actually happened up here recently. A private Islamic school affiliated with the Saudi embassy had applied for some state funding. And our very conservative governor had a fit before letting the funding go through. It was almost amusing to watch, if not pathetic.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > There was a meme on FB that had a picture of a young girl with a wand inside > a pentagram obviously casting a spell...Underneath is said something to the > effect of "I don't think this is what Newt Gingrich had in mind..." Very > true. If you allow one faith to pray, you have to allow them all. Do we > start allowing for pagan rituals as well? I can just imagine the uproar > when the first sabbat is celebrated in a school in a very Christian area. > They get their panties in a wad when adults do it (been there, done that > back when I lived in SW Louisiana)...I can just imagine their response to > this happening in Schools. Speaking of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal and all of > this supporters got all up in arms when a bunch of Muslim schools decided to > apply for the voucher program that was passed (and later struck down as > unconstitutional). It was OK for Christian school to try and leech off the > taxpayer's tit, but as soon as Muslim Schools got involved...be careful what > you wish for ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 4:09 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Satanic Prayer in schools > > > well I was thinking of some of the religious practices that would really > upset the ones who want school prayer the most - such as the ritual sex on > an altar or ritual blood sacrifice. > > thing is that these people don't realize that once you let one religion in > you have to let them all in. > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Satanists wouldn't use that...that is pagan, not Satanist >> >> http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/RoseRit.html >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:43 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Satanic Prayer in schools >> >> >> I'll have to find some of the invocations and prayers to Gilgamesh or > Eniki. >> The Sumerians had a really weird religion. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> You just KNOW that a bunch of kids are going to do this, just to be >>> little jerks. >>> >>> (I would have) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Larry C. Lyons >> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I wonder how many heads are going to explode over this one. >>>> Especially when the first student assembly votes for something like > this: >>>> >>>> >>>> The Agnostic's Prayer >>>> (Roger Zelazny, Creatures of Light and Darkness, C 1969) >>>> >>>> Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care >>>> what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything >>>> you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. >>>> Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to >>>> insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the >>>> destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be >>>> granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to >>>> insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as >>>> your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be >>>> yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your >>>> receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this >>>> thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Cameron Childress >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:55 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> I warned ya.....open up your public schools to religion, and you >>>> >> lose >>>> the >>>> >> ability to dictate just exactly WHICH deity your kids may be >>>> indoctrinated >>>> >> with..... >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > I am waiting for the FSM rally myself. >>>> > >>>> > -Cameron >>>> > >>>> > ... >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360169 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
