tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post1450919665479121849..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: British Library Event (II)Stephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-67650481048837768142008-12-30T11:37:00.000+00:002008-12-30T11:37:00.000+00:00AP Lawyers, the comprehensive reference of useful ...AP Lawyers, the comprehensive reference of useful Law related information,articles. Find the best lawyers, attorneys and law firms in the US. Find the best Injury Lawyer, Divorce Lawyer, Criminal Lawyer, Accident Lawyer, Mesothelioma Lawyer, Medical Malpractice, Debt Consolidation, Nonprofit and other attorneys.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Visit at http://aplawyers.com/c/52/International-Law/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-18047937000965158312008-12-21T19:33:00.000+00:002008-12-21T19:33:00.000+00:00[Slightly OT I know, but the the RE thread has dro...[Slightly OT I know, but the the RE thread has dropped off the bottom of the page....]<BR/><BR/>Noticed this from the National Secular Society on how the religious establishment is fighting to keep RE as a ring-fenced lesson despite recognition that the primary school curriculum is overloaded:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"When I heard that a new review of the primary schools curriculum had suggested that individual subjects could be replaced by six broad “areas of learning”, I immediately saw the writing on the wall for religious education. The review by government adviser Sir Jim Rose suggested that he wants to create a more flexible, less “overloaded” timetable. Religious education would be merged with history and geography under the broad theme “Human social and environmental understanding”.<BR/>This, you might think, would at last mean that religion could be taught about rather than being indoctrinated as it is often now, despite claims to the contrary.<BR/><BR/>But before you get your hopes up, the religious establishment have, of course, got it covered. The Religious Education Council, the body that acts as gatekeeper to deflect any challenge to religious education privileges, was involved in the review and its head, Professor Brian Gates, was able to assure worried bishops that RE would remain a statutory and discrete subject.<BR/><BR/>Professor Gates told the Church Times: “The learning that takes place in primary RE is a key contributor to human, social and environmental understanding. Primary schools should be encouraged to maximise RE’s unique contribution.” This inflated, meaningless claim, of course, will be accepted by the Government without question. RE is one of the few subjects that must be taught by law. It would take primary legislation to change that, and the Government is in no mood to challenge religion’s stranglehold on our education system... "<BR/><BR/>You would think if RE really was such a vital contributor to human, social and environmental understanding, that there would be a whole host of parents, educationalists, criminologists, psychologists, environmental groups etc.. worried about its loss...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-88429188208103099962008-12-16T10:06:00.000+00:002008-12-16T10:06:00.000+00:00The Catholic leopard never changes its spots. The ...The Catholic leopard never changes its spots. The Vatican and its minions are implacable enemies of modernity, progress, tolerance and humanity. I don't know why anyone bothers to listen to these pathetic people any more. Their teachings bear little, if any, resemblance to those of the Biblical Jesus.<BR/><BR/>See my recent post:<BR/><BR/>http://antarena.blogspot.com/2008/12/racid-rant.htmlanticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-81383833206290336202008-12-15T23:10:00.000+00:002008-12-15T23:10:00.000+00:00Now I know why Juan Antonio Samaranch said 'Sydeny...Now I know why Juan Antonio Samaranch said 'Sydeny' instead of 'Sydney'. He was reading a typo.<BR/><BR/>Sorry Stephen, I couldn't resist it.<BR/><BR/>I pretty well agree with everything you say. I grew up in that period, 50s and 60s, and I know that Cardinal George Pell (Sydney Archbishop) was quoted as recently as last year as saying, ‘Times have changed and many are troubled by the consequences of the revolutions of the 1960s.’ He also thinks that the legal attitude towards homosexuality has been ‘socially disastrous’, according to a reviewer of his book, God and Caesar.<BR/><BR/>Regards, Paul.Paul P. Mealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.com