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→Query: Religions are not all equal
::::::::::But Philip, if a government cannot possibly be neutral with respect to religion, aren't you then just suggesting the opposite - that we replace the "religion of humanism" with a the theistic religion of Christianity instead? Isn't that also unfair? Forgive me if I misunderstood your position, I'm not entirely sure what your proposed solution to the issue is. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 01:25, 5 March 2008 (EST)
::::::::::But Philip, if a government cannot possibly be neutral with respect to religion, aren't you then just suggesting the opposite - that we replace the "religion of humanism" with a the theistic religion of Christianity instead? Isn't that also unfair? Forgive me if I misunderstood your position, I'm not entirely sure what your proposed solution to the issue is. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 01:25, 5 March 2008 (EST)
::::::::::: Okay, there's several different but interrelated issues here.
:::::::::::* Western countries are replacing Christianity with humanism ''whilst claiming to be neutral''. Replacing humanism with Christianity ''whilst not claiming to be neutral'' is ''not the same thing''.
:::::::::::* Having a government implicitly endorse a particular religion (e.g. Christianity) ''when the majority of the population are Christians'' is hardly on a par with replacing Christianity with humanism ''when the majority of the population are Christians''.
:::::::::::* Claiming that replacing one religion with another is just as unfair is only valid if the religions themselves are equally valid. But replacing the false religion of humanism with the true religion of Christianity seems to me like a quite sensible move.
::::::::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:13, 5 March 2008 (EST)
The creative attempts to justify classroom prayer are illogical and self-contradictory:
The creative attempts to justify classroom prayer are illogical and self-contradictory: