--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > Since the ruling on TM, back in the late '70's, I can see our school system > has really improved in so many ways...
I work in schools, in many ways they have improved. Especially with regard to less naivete about the agenda of groups like TM. > Do you really think that practicing TM in schools would be a bad thing? No one is saying they can't practice it if their parents want them to. It is presenting it in schools that is the problem for me. I was introduced to TM in my high school. I wish the adults in my world had done a bit more due diligence in checking it out. They seemed to take every claim at face value and it influenced the credibility I gave it to see the adults nodding their heads. > Do you think that ruling did anything to improve the quality of education or > the quality of anything? I do. I am not against kids having a moment of silence but the indoctrination into the belief system of TM is too much to support for me. Skipping the puja would be a start in the right direction. But this line is very important to keep an eye on with millions of Christians trying to subvert science classes with creationism dressed up as "intelligent design." Being very clear about where our beliefs come from is critical for our survival. Blurring this line is dangerous because it makes harder to rank the probability of beliefs if religious concepts are blended with more rigorously supported beliefs. And in today's multicultural school system, it is ridiculous to try to pawn off the Hindu based TM system as scientific. > R.G. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <jmknapp53@> > wrote: > > > > The upcoming McCartney/Lynch Concert to benefit the David Lynch > > Foundation will raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation in the > > public schools. > > > > Many critics feel this is a clear Church/State violation because of the > > religious trappings of Transcendental Meditation. > > > > A group of critics -- including James Randi, Barry Markovsky, Meera > > Nanda, Andrew Skolnick, myself, and others -- have organized a free web > > event to discuss this controversy. You may be interested in attending. > > > > You can find the details at > > http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html > > <http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html> > > > Since the ruling on TM, back in the late '70's, I can see our school system > has really improved in so many ways... > Do you really think that practicing TM in schools would be a bad thing? > Do you think that ruling did anything to improve the quality of education or > the quality of anything? > R.G. >
