Religion getting it’s talons into children in schools is disgusting and every day that it’s not stopped is a tragedy.
Forced prayer in schools should be stopped instantly. It’s vile.
Why are conservatives so hell bent on everybody following a Middle Eastern religion?
This asshole needs to go away
They use religion to control the masses. So makes sense they want to indoctrinate everyone.
Hah, was a while ago that I was in high school now but lived in a very, very white part of Scotland. We had one guy in our year from Myanmar and apparently being Buddhist was “not a good enough reason” not to go to church at Easter/Christmas with the rest of us.
I remember as a child in a state primary school being dragged with the rest of the kids into morning assembly. Given prayer books and made to sing ‘Jesus loves me yes I know’ or ‘Will your anchor hold’. No option to opt out. One kids parents (a 7 year old) did object as they were secular atheists. The headmaster commented on it in front of the whole school and even went as far as to say ‘We all know they’re wrong boys and girls’. Talk about brainwashing. So yeah we were forced into christian prayer.
Did you go to a Catholic school? Because I was never forced to pray in school and my son now isn’t either.
Yeah, I remember having to sing hymns in primary school. Also at one point someone from the Gideon‘s turned up and handed out copies of their Bible to every kid in the whole school. Having religion forced on me is a big part of why I am atheist.
Keep religion out of school.
American conservatives will always amuse me with their ignorance. We quite literally have bishops in the upper chamber and the head of state is also the leader of the state religion, not that any of them have any power but still.
I think mayhaps the descendants of the Puritans should tread carefully what with the growing catholic denomination they have.
School is no place for religion.
Children go to school to be educated, not indoctrinated into religious cults.
I wasn’t raised religious. I remember being in primary school in the mid 2000s. We had to sing hymns at every assembly (He’s got the whole world in his hands, this little light of mine, I may never march in the infantry, ect), we’d have Bible stories read to us, and we’d pray at the end of the assembly. I didn’t realise until last year that when we were praying during assembly, we were actually meant to… talk to God and stuff? I just sat there with my hands clasped in front of my face and my eyes closed until it was over.
Even in high school, late 2010s, we’d have a priest come in once or twice a year to assemblies, but we weren’t made to pray. There was still a vibe of “This is a Christian school, but we can’t say that bit out loud”, since we were only ever given Christian sermons while in assembly. We also had nuns come into our RE class once a year to do an AMA, and they’d answer anything we had to ask about being a nun, they were pretty chill tbh.
For both schools, I’m pretty sure they were protestant. Or, that’s the vibe they gave, at least.
I live somewhere else now. I told people where I now live while at work that we were forced to pray every day at school morning and afternoon. They were appalled. It honestly didn’t occur to me that it was weird.
I wasn’t forced to pray as such. I WAS forced to have R.E. (religious education) never paid attention, when they spoke to me about it I told them a. My mum drags me to chapel every Sunday so whatever I want to know I’ll find out there and b. I have no interest in religion as it’s the cause/excuse for far too many wars, sectarianism etc. then eventually skipped it as in didn’t go to school (truancy or whatever it’s called these days)
I grew up surrounded by people of all different ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs in school so I feel there was no forcing of religion. My school would have a vicar come to give us life lessons and would finish on a little prayer however most people didn’t bother with the prayer and he never fussed over it. Everyone loved him too, he always asked my Muslim friend about her prayers and they would often find common ground. I actually think he really enjoyed having his religion challenged. Hope he’s doing well, it’s been almost 20 years since I’ve seen him and the church has since shut down..
Religion has no place in schools, Catholic or Muslim, personally I don’t think either have a place in the 21st century but one step at a time. Stop indoctrinating children, then hopefully these religions will die out
Come to think of it, they really tried to force religion on the students when I was at primary school.
But it didn’t really have any impact (on me at least) cause as soon as I was old enough to make that decision myself, I was an atheist.
You could have just left it as just the first sentence. The man is a mouthpiece that gibbers whatever he’s told to.
I don’t need to listen to the opinion of a man who’s likely of a ban list from DFS
At my kids primary school the only religion they do is in their classrooms and from the tiny amount of information that has come home, they have learned about some hindu, jewish and christian festivals and something to do with buddhism (I think they got very confused).
They have assemblies but they are all non-religious and still very boring.
Yup we were forced to sing hymns while at primary school. Christmas was always the worst. They forced my class to sing at the local church but conspicuously didn’t force the Muslim pupils. I complained because I was an atheist (as were my parents) and they tried to say that atheism didn’t count. However I refused to be forced. It’s ridiculous that a child had to assert their rights.
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Religion getting it’s talons into children in schools is disgusting and every day that it’s not stopped is a tragedy.
Forced prayer in schools should be stopped instantly. It’s vile.
Why are conservatives so hell bent on everybody following a Middle Eastern religion?
This asshole needs to go away
They use religion to control the masses. So makes sense they want to indoctrinate everyone.
Hah, was a while ago that I was in high school now but lived in a very, very white part of Scotland. We had one guy in our year from Myanmar and apparently being Buddhist was “not a good enough reason” not to go to church at Easter/Christmas with the rest of us.
I remember as a child in a state primary school being dragged with the rest of the kids into morning assembly. Given prayer books and made to sing ‘Jesus loves me yes I know’ or ‘Will your anchor hold’. No option to opt out. One kids parents (a 7 year old) did object as they were secular atheists. The headmaster commented on it in front of the whole school and even went as far as to say ‘We all know they’re wrong boys and girls’. Talk about brainwashing. So yeah we were forced into christian prayer.
Did you go to a Catholic school? Because I was never forced to pray in school and my son now isn’t either.
Yeah, I remember having to sing hymns in primary school. Also at one point someone from the Gideon‘s turned up and handed out copies of their Bible to every kid in the whole school. Having religion forced on me is a big part of why I am atheist.
Keep religion out of school.
American conservatives will always amuse me with their ignorance. We quite literally have bishops in the upper chamber and the head of state is also the leader of the state religion, not that any of them have any power but still.
I think mayhaps the descendants of the Puritans should tread carefully what with the growing catholic denomination they have.
School is no place for religion.
Children go to school to be educated, not indoctrinated into religious cults.
I wasn’t raised religious. I remember being in primary school in the mid 2000s. We had to sing hymns at every assembly (He’s got the whole world in his hands, this little light of mine, I may never march in the infantry, ect), we’d have Bible stories read to us, and we’d pray at the end of the assembly. I didn’t realise until last year that when we were praying during assembly, we were actually meant to… talk to God and stuff? I just sat there with my hands clasped in front of my face and my eyes closed until it was over.
Even in high school, late 2010s, we’d have a priest come in once or twice a year to assemblies, but we weren’t made to pray. There was still a vibe of “This is a Christian school, but we can’t say that bit out loud”, since we were only ever given Christian sermons while in assembly. We also had nuns come into our RE class once a year to do an AMA, and they’d answer anything we had to ask about being a nun, they were pretty chill tbh.
For both schools, I’m pretty sure they were protestant. Or, that’s the vibe they gave, at least.
I live somewhere else now. I told people where I now live while at work that we were forced to pray every day at school morning and afternoon. They were appalled. It honestly didn’t occur to me that it was weird.
I wasn’t forced to pray as such. I WAS forced to have R.E. (religious education) never paid attention, when they spoke to me about it I told them a. My mum drags me to chapel every Sunday so whatever I want to know I’ll find out there and b. I have no interest in religion as it’s the cause/excuse for far too many wars, sectarianism etc. then eventually skipped it as in didn’t go to school (truancy or whatever it’s called these days)
I grew up surrounded by people of all different ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs in school so I feel there was no forcing of religion. My school would have a vicar come to give us life lessons and would finish on a little prayer however most people didn’t bother with the prayer and he never fussed over it. Everyone loved him too, he always asked my Muslim friend about her prayers and they would often find common ground. I actually think he really enjoyed having his religion challenged. Hope he’s doing well, it’s been almost 20 years since I’ve seen him and the church has since shut down..
Religion has no place in schools, Catholic or Muslim, personally I don’t think either have a place in the 21st century but one step at a time. Stop indoctrinating children, then hopefully these religions will die out
Come to think of it, they really tried to force religion on the students when I was at primary school.
But it didn’t really have any impact (on me at least) cause as soon as I was old enough to make that decision myself, I was an atheist.
You could have just left it as just the first sentence. The man is a mouthpiece that gibbers whatever he’s told to.
I don’t need to listen to the opinion of a man who’s likely of a ban list from DFS
At my kids primary school the only religion they do is in their classrooms and from the tiny amount of information that has come home, they have learned about some hindu, jewish and christian festivals and something to do with buddhism (I think they got very confused).
They have assemblies but they are all non-religious and still very boring.
Yup we were forced to sing hymns while at primary school. Christmas was always the worst. They forced my class to sing at the local church but conspicuously didn’t force the Muslim pupils. I complained because I was an atheist (as were my parents) and they tried to say that atheism didn’t count. However I refused to be forced. It’s ridiculous that a child had to assert their rights.
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