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To not let extremists into primary schools

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BombayBadonkadonks · 10/09/2013 19:56

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/parents-outrage-extremist-religious-cult-2254926

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/school-bosses-kick-out-extremist-225779

A friend's DCs go to this school and she is horrified about this and the books they received this week.

Surely telling kiddies that if they don't believe in God only bad things will happen and that 'homosexuality is a sin' is wrong.

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mrsjay · 10/09/2013 20:01

jings it is hardly the local church minister is it, I cant believe the headteacher thought this was a good idea unless she is a member of the church I know children need to learn about all religions in school but that is really not on. we had a church of christ church near me but they lost their building but they were very evangelical

PresidentServalan · 10/09/2013 20:10

YANBU but free speech means that people can believe and say what they want.

kim147 · 10/09/2013 20:12

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mrsjay · 10/09/2013 20:16

you are right Kim not sure what that HT was on if she thought that was a good idea

kim147 · 10/09/2013 20:19

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ItsaTIARA · 10/09/2013 20:25

We used to have visiting Christians at the DC's school. The head teacher thought that if all their spiel was prefaced with "Christians believe that...." it made it OK. I expressed a strong opinion that saying "Christians believe that homosexuals will go to hell/women should obey husbands/the earth was created in 7 days and dinosaurs are a hoax" is not OK, and that anything that is not believed by both the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury needs a much more solid disclaimer.

BangOn · 10/09/2013 20:27

Of course it's wrong.

I've just come on to point out that the ideology of extremist (far-right) economics is now driving the destruction of state education, & that's not making headlines in quite the same way. Long-term, both result in societal breakdown.

GingerBlackAndOriental · 10/09/2013 21:25

I would be going absolutely ape shit if this happened at my kids school. I have to tell them to go away enough as it is when they come knocking on the door Jehovah's witness style.

KirjavaTheCat · 10/09/2013 21:28

Free speech is fine, go and speak freely - away from my child in an education setting, cheers.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 10/09/2013 21:32

When DW was SAHM with DD, she would torment the Mormons and JWs by inviting them in and picking holes in their theology.

"I had to do something while the baby couldn't talk".

Sparklymommy · 10/09/2013 21:37

disgrace are you my husband? Lol.

Actually, I don't pick holes, I just question too much for the organised religions. The Methodists who taught me at Sunday school got fed up of me! Grin

ShadeofViolet · 10/09/2013 21:37

I have never met a Christian who thinks that Dinosaurs were a hoax!

PiddlingWeather · 10/09/2013 21:42

you've never been to some parts of Northern Ireland then

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/09/2013 22:21

Shade, can I introduce you to my sister? Satan planted dinosaur stuff to lead the unwary astray.

ItsaTIARA · 10/09/2013 22:27

That was rather my problem Shade. I don't mind children being told that "Christians believe X" if Xis an official majority Christian belief. But I mind very much them being told that all Christians are Young Earth Creationists, because it's simply not true, especially not in Britain.

Ezio · 10/09/2013 22:28

Dinosaurs didnt exist!!!!

Fuck me, religious people are fecking weird.

Ezio · 10/09/2013 22:33

Religious nutjobs and god botherers btw.

Not all believers are weird.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/09/2013 22:33

Weeellll, tbf the fundies in the US are now claiming that humans co-existed wuth dinosaurs, and indeed hunted them to extinction. Which may be them "scientifically" taking on new ideas... Still very rare in the UK.

ToysRLuv · 10/09/2013 23:15

Db believes that the earth is only 6000 years old and all that jazz. He is a Pentecostal nut job

ToysRLuv · 10/09/2013 23:16

Yes, db thinks that dinosaurs coexisted with humans my poor nephew and niece

SomeTeaPlease · 11/09/2013 01:00

Google the "Creation Museum" in Kentucky, USA.

'MURICA.

CerealMom · 11/09/2013 07:58

I soooo want to go to the 'Creation Museum'.

intitgrand · 11/09/2013 08:05

'Surely telling kiddies that if they don't believe in God only bad things will happen and that 'homosexuality is a sin' is wrong'

well isn't that the mainstream Christian stance ?

LifeofPo · 11/09/2013 08:07

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ErrolTheDragon · 11/09/2013 08:13

Bloody hell.

I reckon a HT who shows such appalling judgement should be sacked. She has failed in her duty of care.

The second link in the OP didn't work for me, try here. At least the authorities are dealing with it now its been brought to their attention.

Makes me wonder what would have happened if it had been a 'Free school' - I have misgivings that they could provide an open door to these extremists.