<p>@ Truelove: Wrong. I do not like Christianity because it promotes close-mindedness and hatred. Does it bother you that people will disregard 200 years of scientific progress (read: evolution) because they’re afraid of contradicting some 2000 year old book? Does it bother you that rape victims have to walk through crowds of hate-spewing protestors in order to have their pregnancies terminated? It bothers me. Love and peace are great. And they have nothing to do with religion. Religion has been responsible for more evil throughout mankind’s history (crusades, spanish inquisition, etc.) than any other single factor. But that isn’t the reason I don’t believe in God. I don’t believe in God because I have not seen a single shred of evidence that he exists. The belief that our vast, mysterious universe is the product of some single, omniscient entity strikes me as comically ridiculous.</p>
<p>But feel free and brand me a selfish, arrogant unbeliever. Your condescending tone betrays your ignorance.</p>
<p>cso, again, let any faith talk their talk in schools, just like secularites get to talk their coarse language and teach their “truisms”. Our founding fathers set up a school system dependent upon primers that were filled choc full of the Bible. Gradually, secularist kicked out Christian intellectuals only to be replaced by anti-theists. Now, who are the intolerant? </p>
<p>Christianity allowed secularites to infiltrate our first school system. Now that they took over, they will not allow Christianity into the school. Don’t you find that odd and intolerant and undemocratic? Please open your eyes to the hatred for Jesus. And why the vitreol? No, not every Christian is perfect. But, at least they are trying to do what is right. Secularist, for the most part, give up because they would rather not be responsible for their selfish actions.</p>
<p>Haha, secularists “infiltrated” the school system because schools were founded to teach and secularists allow that to happen. Christians, on the other hand, shun science for ignorance and blindly ignore truths, such as evolution.</p>
<p>Religion demands that believers accept certain truths based on faith. The purpose of education is to teach students how to use reason, logic, and independent thought.</p>
<p>You can see why religion would have a negative effect on education.</p>
<p>Our founding fathers didn’t set up a school system… and in regards to the constitution, they were pretty intent on keeping church and state separate.</p>
<p>@cso/Drought, I explained how you gang banged your teacher. There is no simpler way to explain it. You can’t discern whether I am a ■■■■■ and you can’t discern Truth. Both of you will never understand because you are dead to truth. If you read the gospel of John, you just might become alive to the Truth. </p>
<p>Lord, would you please help cso to not worry about his situation. I do think he understands now how to treat others well, if anything, for the reason that his irritating them may come back to haunt him. Please take care of both of these guys and help them to get to allow the truth of Jesus into their hearts. Thanks for listening, God. I’m out…</p>
<p>Truelove, as much as I am a religious person, I do think that promoting any type of religious behavior by a teacher in a secular school is improper. Im completely fine if a teacher doesnt like students using coarse language or talking about raunchy material, actively promoting religious materials for any religion during classtime is not only against the secular basis of public schools but also ILLEGAL. If she is actively promoting religion and that is making you uncomfortable, you can talk to your principle about options of maybe switching counselors or something. Noone should have to suffer under another person’s religion if they do not wish to. </p>
<p>Although in spirit my faith, jesus loves you! :)</p>
<p>I don’t know if what she does qualifies as illegal, because the organization she promotes isn’t legally a Christian organization. It just takes place in a church, is made up of members of a certain church, and has strong religious influence. She does make references to jesus and god in speeches that she gives us though, but again I don’t know if its illega. The Christianity portion of this has really just blown out of proportion. The huge issue was supposed to her not liking me and her playing favorites.</p>
<p>I wish I had been an a-hole in her class. I was just the quite kid who sat there, and dude, I don’t have a reason to sugar coat it here. I came for advice, and sugar coating it would just be detrimental to me.</p>
<p>I’d recommend that you have a confidential talk with your current councilor and/or principal about your concerns about this teacher, her tendency to play favorites, and your worries about next year if/when she becomes your councilor.</p>
<p>Ask them if you can talk to them “off the record” and “in confidence” about a teacher with whom you’re having trouble. Give them specific examples of the behavior which you think indicates that she will not be able to honestly and objectively evaluate you when she fills out the councilor form for your college recommendations. Maybe they can help, maybe they can’t. But you still need to talk to them about this even if it seems like you’re creating problems. And if you are enrolled in a public school, then it sounds to me like she may very well be crossing the line and there are likely other kids feeling as uncomfortable as you are.</p>
<p>Go to your dream school’s website and see if you can look up a blank copy of the counselor recommendation form. Seeing what is on the form might help you determine which direction to take.</p>