Careful Now!...Religion thread.

Hotaru

Hotaru wrote: »

I missed out on the Alive-O programme - my primary school refused to teach it up until a few years ago.

All I remember from religion in primary school is endless prayers and learning them off. That Apostle's Creed one was a bítch >.> I remember drawing pictures to illustrate Bible stories - handed that crap. The story of Zacchaus the tax collector and The Good Samaritan are the only ones I even vaguely remember

Religion in secondary school was the worst imo. Sure, we learnt more about world religions (FINALLY) but 80% of the syllabus still seemed to be Catholicism orientated. Doing it as an exam subject for the JC (bloody compulsory no less) is an absolute joke. Religion isn't something that should be examined!

Even in 5th & 6th year, we were forced to do religion. I told my teachers numerous times that I didn't wish to partake in the class because I didn't believe in any of it but they weren't having it. By the time I got to 6th year though I just didn't partake anyway, which annoyed them all no end - I even got sent to the principal over it. It's that kinda attitude that I hate in Ireland - forcing us into learning a religion many of us don't want to follow. Makes me angry :mad:

When they act like you're the one being disrespectful for refusing to do it, that just makes me go crazy.

QueenOfLeon

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When they act like you're the one being disrespectful for refusing to do it, that just makes me go crazy.

I made it very clear that I wasn't going to do religion as an exam subject, but I was still put in an exam class in the hopes that I'd suddenly convert to how wonderful the subject was and do it. My reasoning for not doing it was nothing to do with my actual views on religion (couldn't be bothered telling a nun that I'm meh about the whole god thing, wasn't worth the effort), it was more that I wanted to put effort into other subjects.

I still got snide remarks from the teacher the odd time that I thought I was too good to do it (even though there were about 20 people in the non-exam class that just watched films all the time), but what pissed me off more was being told it was a sin against God not to be sitting it. Cos of course you have to do an exam to be a good little Catholic :rolleyes:

Jesus Juice

No.

Insect Overlord

No what?

Jesus Juice

Insect Overlord wrote: »

No what?

No.

Jesus Juice

Ah no I just thought the thread said do you believe in God, I was too lazy to express my views:pac:

Insect Overlord

Jesus Juice wrote: »

Ah no I just thought the thread said do you believe in God, I was too lazy to express my views:pac:

That's a little bit spammy, if you don't mind me saying so. Mind expanding on it a little bit for us?

Namlub

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

I still remember them, and they just come to my head randomly every so often >.<

Probably cos our fail teacher would just leave the CD on and us with the song lyrics, and leave to go on the computer for about an hour

I still know the ten commandments in song form because of Alive-O

Namlub

kev9100 wrote: »

Even in our horrendous education system, I'm surprised someone like that was allowed to come in and give a talk...

If you knew what my school was like you wouldn't be suprised, they came to the third years last year and apparently they were all crying by the end because they made some sort of breakthrough. I just ended up being genuinely uncomfortable, and I know I wasn't the only one. I'm used to things in my shool having some sort of Catholic slant, but when people start talking about apparitions and telling blatantly made-up stories about a man wandering around with 400 euro in his pocket and giving it to a homeless man, it's just way too much, especially when you're not there of your own free will...

christina_x

I believe in God, but not mass/the catholic church

I do believe that there is a God and a heaven and we are all here for a reason, but i don't believe we are showing respect or fulfilling our duty by going into an old stone building to repeat some chants that were just made up one day. Nobody knows what they are saying, and if you look around everybody is falling asleep. And the priest cannot marry or have kids - Jesus had a child! The only reason priests cannot have sex is to stop the wealth or the catholic church being divided, it's all about money, not about respecting God.

Ginja Ninja

Without getting on my soapbox about this[maybe another day]

Due to stuff and things in my past I prefer not to believe in god, it keeps me out of the whole making people awkward and offending them area.

Saying that I do like most religious folklore[it's how I treat it] and they have some pretty cool mythology if you look

MavisDavis

Hotaru wrote: »

Even in 5th & 6th year, we were forced to do religion. I told my teachers numerous times that I didn't wish to partake in the class because I didn't believe in any of it but they weren't having it. By the time I got to 6th year though I just didn't partake anyway, which annoyed them all no end - I even got sent to the principal over it. It's that kinda attitude that I hate in Ireland - forcing us into learning a religion many of us don't want to follow. Makes me angry :mad:

A similar thing happened to me. We had a holier-than-thou religion teacher in TY and my attempts to be exempted from the class due to not believing in any of it were ridiculed. He tried to embarrass me in front of the whole class for not believing in god, gods, whatever.

I love how I only found this afterwards, it would have been such a good comeback to that horrible man:

Legislation providing State aid for schools shall
not discriminate between schools under the
management of different religious denominations,
nor be such as to affect prejudicially the right of
any child to attend a school receiving public
money without attending religious instruction at
that school.

That's Article 44 from our lovely Constitution. I think it says we can go to a
school and not to religion if we so chose. (I'm open to correction on that).

Hmm, I'm pretty sure Bunreacht na hÉireann > religion teacher.

seanbmc

Is anyone going to check out this book? http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/02/stephen-hawking-big-bang-creator

I'm considering it myself, will be an interesting read.

Ginja Ninja

Lads,I went to school in a convent. Sex Ed. from a nun is not something that should ever happen,we got the religious spiel about sex and relationships [Read: if you have sex before you marry it's hellfire and brimstone for you]

gbee

If you take plenty of clean fresh non fluoridated water you'll not need so much clearasil.

Substitute the appropriate wording as necessary.

Insect Overlord

gbee wrote: »

If you take plenty of clean fresh non fluoridated water you'll not need so much clearasil.

Substitute the appropriate wording as necessary.

What in the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has that got to do with a discussion on religion?

TheCardHolder

Religon is like a penis.

It's fine to have one.

It's fine to be proud of one.

But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.

And PLEASE don't try to shove it down my children's throats.