"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Or simply having a Christmas party, be able to sing Christmas carols,
have
an Easter egg hunt, etc etc.

First, there's nothing (Christian) religious about an Easter Egg hunt.
"Ishtar"
was a Babylonian fertility goddess, and the egg is a pagan symbol of
fertility,
transformation, and rebirth. Egg hunt ought to be in, as it is no longer
commonly understood to be religious......stations of the cross? Nope.
Preaching resurrection and redemption in a secular classroom? Nope.

Christmas songs? Frosty the Snowman? In. Rudolph the Reindeer? In.

But Rudolph the Reindeer talks about "Christmas Eve"! Shouldn't the song be
changed to X-mas Eve? Gotta get rid of Christ you know...


Jingle
Bells? You got it. No problem. "What Child is This?" Tilt. "O' Holy
Night?"
nope.
It's possible to have a solstice festival without requiring everybody to
affirm
a belief in one religion or another.

Image that you are bringing your child up as, say, a devout Jew. You pay
your
taxes and send your kid to public school. How do you reconcile events when
your
child comes home and says, "Dad, I'm confused. Mrs. Teacher says that the
Messiah has already come and gone, that his name was Jesus, and he died
for our
sins. That isn't what they teach at synagogue school. Is Mrs. Teacher, or
Rabbi
Yavoltkavish lying?"




How do you reconcile it, and why should you have to?

Well then let's teach the study of all the World's different religions in
our grade schools.

Jews say that God will send the Messiah down when the end of the world is
near.

Christians say that God already sent his son as a messenger...and that he
will return.

Muslims say "Death to the Infidels"...and then blow up a building.