Hi y'all - G-day mate.
On Dec 17, 9:24 am, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cheers Mateys!
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> hope they can hold it together!
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> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > VICTORIAN state primary school students will soon be able to take
> > religious education classes which teach there is no evidence God
> > exists.
> > The Humanist Society of Victoria has developed a curriculum for
> > primary pupils that the state government accreditation body says it
> > intends to approve, The Sunday Age newspaper reported.
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> > Accredited volunteers will be able to teach their philosophy in the
> > class time allotted for religious instruction, the newspaper said.
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> > As with lessons delivered by faith groups, parents will be able to
> > request that their children do not participate.
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> > "Atheistical parents will be pleased to hear that humanistic courses
> > of ethics will soon be available in some state schools," Victorian
> > Humanist Society president Stephen Stuart said.
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> > The society does not consider itself to be a religious organisation
> > and believes ethics have "no necessary connection with religion".
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> > Humanists believe people are responsible for their own destiny and
> > reject the notion of a supernatural force or God.
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> > source:http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24797483-421,00.html
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