On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 17:59:17 -0400, m2 <m2@somewhere.com> wrote:
>you mentioned:
>>everybody my age would have probably had God/Jesus rammed down their
>>throats throughout school life... this just turned me against religion
>>in the end.
>
>ah, religious school! how things change over time... when I started
>school, in America, late 1950's, religious schools were not the norm,
>so most of my generation went to public schools and had secular
>educations... that started to shift after the 1970's and that Jesus
>Movement and other factors, like an anti-liberal backlash against the
>ultra-liberal 1960's, and by the 80's, religious schools and charter
>schools were gaining in popularity, and the public schools, and public
>TV were starting to be defunded and denounced by the religious types,
>and America has been having its liberal secular nature subverted to
>the right, with the election of George W Bush as a hall mark victory
>for that faction...
>
>oversimplification, of course... but you are correct that having a
>religious education doesnt product the effect the religious types
>think they are producing, and thus now these same people have elected
>Trump, who is huffing and puffing very christian like declarations,
>and i shudder to think where this is heading... war seems inevitable
>with such a god-is-on-my-side mentality
>
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Sorry if I didn't explain it clear enough, I went to Public schools,
Not religious type schools.
I just always remember that in the mornings there was 'assembly' of
the whole school in the Main Hall... this would always start and end
with some sort of prayer. At Lunch time, there was a prayer for the
'food we were about to eat'.
We were given a New Testament... every year and we had 1 lesson of RE
(religious education) at least twice a week. At Christmas it was
always the same thing... a Nativity play.
This was the 'norm' for public schools back then.
>you added:
>>My ex-Wife was American and Very Christian
>
>I'm sorry to hear the word, ex-wife, but considering the religious
>aspect, maybe a relief... nevermind! sorry for the personal comment
>
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NO offence taken... I appreciate honesty and people that speak their
minds... as I do !
It was 10 good years of Marriage but SHE got bored, so much for HER
religion of 'Until Death Do Us Part' .
Anyways... I'm pretty sure she left Me a Lot less religious than when
I met her :) <g>
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