RE: Hostility

This is an interesting and effective response to my challenge. But I wonder: 1. Whether a golden age as short as the one to which Alan refers is really enough to provide a stable model for the future. 2. Whether continuing to push everyone together in public schools (through selective

RE: Hostility

Title: RE: Hostility See my comments interlineated below. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Berg, Thomas C. Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:22 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Hostility Is

Re: Mean hoax (these things happen too often)

Let's not forget this one: Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame left a will specifying that 10% of KFC's profits be given to the Ku Klux Klan. Read about it here: http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/sanders.asp On 8/25/05 2:16 AM, Will Linden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember the

RE: Hostility

I think religious apartheid and religious fragmentation have very different meanings. But putting that issue aside for the moment, the questions Tom asks are certainly fair and important ones. I certainly don't know if there is significant empirical literature that responds to his questions

RE: Hostility

Michael Newsom wrote: The relevant question is whether students at religious schools that proselytize socialize less well than others. Inner city Catholic schools do not proselytize their non-Catholic students. The fact of racial and religious tension in all too many public schools is a given.

RE: Hostility

Alan: Why would it be a problem if many families freely choose totake advantage of a school choice program? Wouldn't that suggest thatprivate educationis a good thing, if so many loving parentschoose it as bestfor their own children? Right now, I think somewhere between 10-15% of children are

Query about value of religious upbringing

I vaguely recall hearing or seeing someone -- perhaps even someone on this list -- make the following argument: It's better for children to be raised in one faith rather than two (one from the mother and one from the father), because while religious doubt is an important part of religious

RE: Hostility

It'll take me a while to respond to some of these points, but let me quickly pick up on the last one. I do think that it is unfortunate that many people -- even some judges -- tend to view Religion Clause positions as either pro-religion or anti-religion, so that school prayer, school choice,

RE: Hostility

Two questions Tom: 1. Are the vouchers you contemplate truly equally available ,or will they be accompanied by restrictions that some groups cannot live with(IE open admissions requirements)? 2. If a larger percentage of students attend various private schools, will there be enough common ground

RE: Hostility

I won't go into all the conventional arguments about why government funding of religious schools and other social service programs is problematic. I know Rick and the other list members are familiar with these arguments, even though they are not persuaded by them. But to keep the focus on the

RE: Hostility

1) If evangelism means the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ, or militant or crusading zeal, (Websters Ninth), then evangelism is merely one form of proselytizing. (The same dictionary defines proselytizing as induc[ing] someone to convert to one faith, recruit[ing]