<p>So today at school, the Christian Club of my school passed out these tiny books called "The Life Book". It has a plain white cover, and it just talks about selected passages of the New Testament with some students writing their thoughts on what they were reading in the margin. </p>
<p>If you google it, you'll find the website easily. Apparently their goal is to saturate high schools with this. They get students to pass them out, since teachers can't give out religious materials. </p>
<p>My question: Can I start passing out copies of the Communist Manifesto/Quran now?</p>
<p>Actually my question is just: Has this been passed out in any of your high schools?</p>
<p>No, but they do give out copies of the new testament, and as someone skeptical of ANY religion, AND also has a Jewish father, needless to say, this bothers me, alot. Today though, I slaughtered my ignorant Christian buddy(:
Him, “Your people killed Jesus, my savior.”
Me, “If we didn’t kill him, you’d be going to hell, now shut up and be grateful.”
Everyone at my lunch table agreed with me, and sense we’re friends and it was in good nature, it was hilarious, but he still tried a few half-baked rebuttals, though they were clearly in vain.
As for passing out the Communist Manifesto, go for it, but watch out, our good Senator McCarthy may rise from the dead and unjustly imprison you. Ehh, such is the Republican Party. Go nuts bud, long live civil liberties!</p>
<p>I haven’t even heard of this. Sound interesting, though. You should try handing out translated copies of select passages from the Quran as compared to certain passages in the Bible - some are eerily similar.</p>
<p>They know better than to pass out things at my school because they end up on the floor and in the bathroom toilets. Since it’s school and you don’t have rights in school (which they never tell you!), either you’re not allowed to use free speech to fight against this, or they aren’t allowed to use their freedom of speech/religion in school, buuut seeing as how things are going, it’s probably the first one.</p>
<p>Once I told him to thank the Jews for killing Jesus, that otherwise he’d be going to hell, he looked like he’d been shot haha, because he was actually somewhat serious about being offended that the Jews killed Jesus. Eveyone at my lunch table was like “-still snickerimg a bit- Sorry Will, Eli brings one of the best points I’ve ever heard.” It was quite amusing, not to mention enjoyable. But nope, no “Life Book” here, though our SCHOOL does give out copies of (only) the Old Testament. Ehh, the whole town’s full of Baptists, I should just get over it…</p>
Really, I can’t tolerate religious bigotry–I’m a bigot against bigots.</p>