Re: Daughter in catholic school to visit a mosque!

Mar 23, '07, 2:29 am

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,359 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Daughter in catholic school to visit a mosque! NO! NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! DON'T ALLOW HER TO GO!!! Young people this age are too immature to start learning about another religion. Their brains are not yet fully grown and developed. As you said, they've learned nothing about Catholicism. I would say the minimum age to visit a mosque to learn about another faith is in the late twenties, especially if you've gone to a public school. If the kids need to learn something about Islam, they can do it more than sufficiently in school. You don't need to be brought to a mosque to learn about Islam or have an Islam Imam or expert lecture to the class. A video tape, or even blackboard, chalk and book is more than adequate. Your the parent. Your the customer. I would think they are there to serve you and respect your concerns since you want the best for your daughter. The Vatican II education document says parents are the primary educators of their child. Once these schools exist they (I'm talking about all types of schools) think they can control your lives and the way you think. They like their power and want to bully you around. And don't let them penalize you daughter's grade for not going. Sometimes I didn't go on field trips, and I'd get to write a report on a topic, perhaps about the state I lived in. You may even ask them if she can write it on Islam. But keep it real simple. Maybe a very brief 2-4 paragraphs about Muhammed; cover the 5 pillars; head scarfs; Ramadan; the Hage pilgrimage to Mecca, Shia and Sunni difference. That's it. This is better because your daughter will be forced to think and to write a paper, especially if she goes to any sort of college. What I just outlined is everything a Western citizen needs to know about the Islamic faith. The rest is for specialists and people who want to be experts.. Nothing wrong with them. If you live in a Western Industrialized nation, this is all the let's think all religions are the same and teach the same thing movement. In fact, they should teach the exact opposite! The Catholic Faith and Catholic Truth. Why are you shelling money out to this lousy school, which is giving her a lousy education. Unless the public school are really bad in your area, in this instance, you might consider sending your daughter to it. I mean if they are absolutely learning zip--you learn zip in public school. Discipline is a consideration, especially since you have a daughter. At my public school, and this was one of the "better" ones, girls suffered various forms of criminal sexual conduct by the male students, short of rape, on a daily basis. That's why I would never send my daughter to a public school. No discipline. Recently, I have noticed some public schools in my area making the rounds to half a dozen different religion's houses of worship, but typicallyyou have to give permission and I think apply to do it. Believe me, kids this age are going to get confused learning about so many different faiths. I have studiedabout different faiths, but I started doing that when I was around 34, out of curiousity, and after I had learned a lot about Catholicism. I really think that is about the appropriate age to do that sort of thing. You've lived in the real world for a while, and now you might want to know what is going on in other parts of the world. Again its all a partof all the religions are the same movement. You'll see this view on U.S. Public Television and the History Channel. Well, it's not all the same. They want to get to these kids young and brainwash them. That's why this Mosque trip was planned. That's the real reason. Critically think about it. The "Tolerance" movement of religions, homosexuals, it's all so when people get into the workforce, they won't waste time at work arguing aboutthese things, so they'll be more productive at work. I read that in an Industrial Psychology textbook. That's what is really going on.