To be angry that parents won't allow their children to go on school visit to local mosque?

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DS2 is going on a school trip to the local mosque. However, the school nearly cancelled it because so many parents have refused to let their children go. I have only spoken to one parent who won't allow her child to go but she said "I'm not racist but...why should they visit a mosque when we daren't get a plane or go to a shopping centre because of that lot". Not racist .

Well, I think he started his own denom. not sure about that

bustles off to check

hmm, moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church, he is. Can't see more than that atm.

Now how did I just mis-read that as "he started his own demon"?

twas me using silly abbreviations. Sorry about that. i meant denomination

It was more fun though, SueW.

I've had too much o' the fear o' God put in me by his sermons to suggest that

Aloha, as usual, is speaking sense.

Can't believe the way this thread has taken off. The power of MN.

Sorry, meant SueBaroo (fun moniker btw)

yes Ian Paisley is a reverend in the same way as I am the ArchBishop of the Church of Bagpuss. which I have just made up.

How does that work then? He just woke up one morning and decided he preferred Reverend to Mister? I mean he's in a non-conformist church tradition, so I wouldn't have expected him to have been ordained a vicar or nowt...

A couple of very nice Jehovahs Witnesses tried to convert me today,on my way through the village.Unfortunately for them,we only have a population of 200 & most of them were in church for a wedding at the time,so their doorknocking would have been in vain.

Oh dear. I had a very nice young Jehovah Witness (just the one, which I thought was unusual) give me a leaflet the other day. It went in my recycling box .

I daren't do that bookwormmum,as the recycling box was at the end of the drive,ready for collection & as they followed me up the street,they would have seen me 'recycle' it.

I can't beieve I felt guilty about offending someone who accosted me in the street!

Am I the only pathetic wimp who takes the Watchtower (?) from the JW's and smiles nicely at them because I feel sorry for them? I'm a bleedin' atheistic I should be trying to convert them!

Nah, Kewcumber, I do too. Although I have occasionally been tempted to open the door with a big kitchen knife and ask them to wait five minutes until we're finished with the virgin

my "local" JW is a very old wizened lady - I'd be worried about her having a heart attack. they are so very nice I just can't bring myself to say no to them. [soft git emoticon]

yes, my regular visitor is a lovely lady who has kids with tourettes, and adhd. She has such a lot on her plate I couldn't bring myself to be rude to her, and she's harmless anyway. >

I always take it politely. Why not?

And then I put it in the recycling.

It's quite easy to poke fun at JW's beliefs in private but they are relatively easy to say thanks but no thanks to so I could never be rude to one. I think it's part of their proselyting (is that the right word?) that they don't lecture when they do their rounds .

proselytising: from proselyte, ie some one who took on the Jewish religion in biblical times who was not born a Jew.

Strange really because Judaism seems the least evangelical faith I can think of.

Although Judaism does not itself seek converts, I seem to see that energy channelled into convincing people of other ideas.
My own near atheism is essentially Jewish in nature, since most of the ideas I have on that area are from Jewish authors.

after reading this i must admit i wouldnt let my dd go to a mosque. they have divali day at school and myself and a number of other parents didnt participate. i don't see why my child should be part of this. i would have no problem in her visiting any other holy building but as far as muslims are concerned no way.

sorry if it offends people but everyone has a right to their opinion, and a lot of people probably feel the same as me but wont say

hippychick - I respect your opinion, but would ask you how you expect your children to show tolerance and understanding of other faiths if they never learn about them.

Why do you have a problem with Muslims in particular? - I am interested genuinley and have no wish to provoke an angry reaction.