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Is it fair to say that religious-based schools engage in teaching "sects" education?


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Posted - July 4, 2017
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  • 22891
    maybe
      July 4, 2017 10:37 AM MDT
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  • 7126
      July 4, 2017 12:17 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    It quite depend on the teaching staff. There is a risk in such schools that teachers will be selected from 'among the faithful' but even if they are, it is fairly small. Seminaries (where teaching is taught) are usually aware of the danger and teach them how to avoid it. School boards on the other hand are free to go as overboard as they want, and sometimes do as the many 'evolution vs creation' trials testify. Usually when you read transcripts of such trials you will find that many teachers protested against the demand for 'religion-based' teaching.
      July 4, 2017 12:59 PM MDT
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  • 53504


    Jakob, you couldn't have possibly thought that this post of mine is serious, right?
      July 4, 2017 1:02 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    Sure i did. That is the problem with grammatially correct writing, people tend to believe the words you write unless you make it very obvious that you are joking.
      July 4, 2017 1:06 PM MDT
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  • 53504

    Grammatically correct?  It's a play on words. 

    sects education
    sex education

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    This post was edited by Randy D at July 4, 2017 1:12 PM MDT
      July 4, 2017 1:11 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Please tell me that he got it before you had to explain it.  Please.
      July 4, 2017 1:13 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    Oh,  Maybe I missed it because the 2 words 'sex' and 'sects' are pronounced quite differently in Danish
      July 4, 2017 1:32 PM MDT
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  • 53504

    All is forgiven. Now go, my child, and sin no more. 
    (Just joking!)

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      July 4, 2017 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    And in English :)
      July 4, 2017 1:57 PM MDT
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  • 46117


    You are also evil. 
      July 4, 2017 1:11 PM MDT
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  • 2219

    If they are big enough to run schools, they are probably to big to be a sect. 

    As regards the pun, the morality they teach should also be bigger than 'sects'. 

     

      July 4, 2017 1:18 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    It's my understanding that religious schools don't teach matters to do with and surrounding human reproduction.. but who knows whether they teach about sects :P
      July 4, 2017 1:39 PM MDT
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  • 53504

    It's just a joke, Daydream. 
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      July 4, 2017 1:46 PM MDT
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  • 6477
     I *did* know that :P  I was trying, and obviously failing, to demonstrate that I had picked up on your play on words.. LOL that will teach me to try to be clever... I was distinguishing between the two meanings :)  You have to remember us Brits are born to play with words :P
      July 4, 2017 1:56 PM MDT
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  • 53504
      July 4, 2017 10:06 PM MDT
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  • 16763
    It's a "cult"ural thing ...
      July 5, 2017 12:56 AM MDT
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