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By: sconzey

sconzey — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:54:42 +0000

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By: sconzey

sconzey — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:54:25 +0000

But then to be fair, we have to rename the secular schools “centers of secular brainwashing”, or humanist schools.

If you really wanted, you could name them “religious schools” too, as the American Heritage dictionary gives as a definition of religion “a cause, principle or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion” Richard Dawkins certianly fits that one…

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By: Andy Gilmour

Andy Gilmour — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:40:11 +0000

I’ve ended up using the term “supernaturalist”. Even though it’s unwieldy, it’s useful in encompassing all the various religions, spiritualisms, and assorted no-evidence-but-we-know-we’re-right-isms out there. It also has the benefit of technical precision, while annoying fundies who don’t like their particular flavour of irrationalism being lumped in with the voodoo crowd…particularly useful when debating (? maybe not – that implies two sides with valid arguments ?) with fundies of the American persuasion. [Or, indeed, Australian - mustn't forget old Ken Ham!]

By: martyn

martyn — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:45:40 +0000

Or centres of religious brainwashing. I wonder why I didn’t succumb to all that bollox, I went to a cat lick school and a lot of the others were/are out and out god squadders. Going off on a tangent, I noticed one of those god fishes on the back of a car the other day, except this one had a crucifix for an eye. From a distance it looked like a dead chrome cartoon fish.

By: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:21:56 +0000

That problem goes away if you call them ‘sectarian’ schools, which is more accurate as well as sounding a lot nastier…

By: Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:03:20 +0000

I was going to suggest calling them cult schools, but that could also be misheard….

By: Andy A

Andy A — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:46:26 +0000

This term faith group really gets on my pectorals. I make a point of calling them religious groups, religious schools etc., robbing them of the rather cuddly, would-hurt-a-fly quality that the word faith connotes. One campaigner on an e-group I subscribe to took to referring to religious schools as sect schools, and urging everyone to do likewise, but if you say it too fast over a bad telephone line it sounds like 'sex schools'. Seriously, though, if those of us who care about such things make a point of calling them religious schools, religious groups and so forth, and urged others to do likewise, it might just alter perceptions.