Cheers Mateys! hope they can hold it together!
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > Accredited volunteers will be able to teach their philosophy in the > class time allotted for religious instruction, the newspaper said. > > As with lessons delivered by faith groups, parents will be able to > request that their children do not participate. > > "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. > > The society does not consider itself to be a religious organisation > and believes ethics have "no necessary connection with religion". > > Humanists believe people are responsible for their own destiny and > reject the notion of a supernatural force or God. > > source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24797483-421,00.html > > > -- gnothe se auton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
