here it is " 1) existe (?) traduccion al castellano de su primer módulo 2) esta organizacion está siendo investigada en USA por el IRS por enriquecimiento ilicito, y se indica están cortando programas allí 3) su contenido es (era?) generado por una organización dedicada a Cábala, y su expresión respecto a "no ser religioso" es debatible, y discutida por la prensa de Los Angeles, sede de la organización http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/06/entertainment/la-et-kabbalah-investigation-20110506
mi opinión: creo en la necesidad de libertad de religión, y ello debe existir en la educación (sí, sé que en UY nos damos de laica, etc.). En ese sentido, SFK, en mi opinión, tiene derecho a existir, pero me apena que sea tal vez la única ASLO con contenido de religión. De paso, una visión *atea* no es laica, también es una postura religiosa, y no tiene mayor motivo de ser auspiciada por Sugar que los otros. Una medida de salud de un ecosistema es su variedad... " On 08/25/2013 07:14 PM, James Simmons wrote: > My feeling on this is that religious instruction, presented as such, > is OK. Presented as something else it isn't. Sometimes there is a gray > area. For instance, hatha yoga can be taught as a religious practice > and also as a system of exercises with no mention of the original > purpose of the exercises. I think this Spirituality For Kids crosses > the line. Teaching kids that they have a light inside them and that > they need to listen to a True Voice is what a Vaishnava would call > Mayavadi philosophy; the idea that all souls are part of God and that > self realization is to merge into God, etc. While some Hindu > traditions teach this, others would considers these beliefs morally > repugnant. Going back to hatha yoga, a Christian would be offended if > his child is taught anything but exercises, and a Hindu would be > offended if his child is not taught something besides exercises. > > Between Get Books and Read Etexts and the Browse Activities a child > wishing to study his own religion or others has a wealth of material > to look at. Personally I'd leave it at that. Sword is OK, and if > there is something for studying the Koran that's OK too. If I could > figure out how a Python program could make studying the Gita easier or > more enjoyable I'd write one. > > But Spirituality For Kids is different. It teaches kids religious > beliefs while pretending to do something else. That kind of thing can > only lead to trouble. > > James Simmons > > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Bastien <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Edward Mokurai Cherlin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> writes: > > > However, the Orthodox teaching about Kabbalah is that one may not > > study it before the age of 50. > > Done. :) > > -- > Bastien > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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