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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Tue Dec-27-05 08:54 AM
Response to Reply #108

112. The argument is against the acceptance of ignorance.

Jefferson said many things against established religion of any stripe. The idea that we should accept the teaching of ignorance out of respect for the benighted is as old as the advent of the first purveyor of religious dogma.

As with "prayer in school", it is a strawman. If people wish to pray anywhere there are free to do so. If they wish their children to believe in mythology they can teach them what they please. They just aren't allowed to use the public schools to do so.

"The bible is a book with some beautiful poetry, a blood stained history, a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of 10,000 lies." - Mark Twain

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