On 18/02/2013 21:42, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
18:26:58 on Mon, 18 Feb 2013, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
And despite years of compulsory daily worship at primary school, I
don't know what Christians _believe_
That's a bit hard on yourself. What they believe in is living a
virtuous
life as laid out in the gospels.

That's obviously not true, because they also believe a bunch of stuff
not in the gospels. And what that stuff is varies from sect to sect,
such as:
* whether priests are necessary;
* if they are, whether women can be priests;
* if they can, whether they are as priestly as men;
* whether gay people should have human rights;
* whether evolution happened

Few of those issues will emerge as important to a student's education at
a faith school in the UK.

As in the evil gays and palaeontologists are kept well away, or as in
the system isn't yet that bad?

Such matters simply don't affect the life of the school.

Presumably they must have to navigate evolution at some point? Although
I'm far from convinced that there really are enough creationists this
side of the Atlantic for that one to be serious issue, even if a school
bigwig wanted it to be. Plus kids find dinosaurs much more interesting
than the alternatives.


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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK