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Originally Posted by blueash
Your posting seems to indicate that you actually believe that the state of Maryland, the school in the community, and that teacher are subtly attempting, or even blatantly attempting, to indoctrinate these high school students into Islam? I appreciate your disclaimer that you "have no opinion on how it was being presented" but then you raise huge capitalized warnings on the danger. You categorically state it is NOT neutral people.
And you know that because why? Your evidence is what? What is the likelihood that a teacher in Maryland is a secret agent of Islam vs the likelihood that they are a member of a fundamentalist Christian sect that believes in a 6000 year old earth and that the end days are foretold in the last chapter in THE BOOK? You see, I am more worried about that Christianistic teacher than about the possibility of some secret Islamic iman attempting to influence the education of American kids.
Perhaps your definition of NOT neutral means not agreeing with your religious beliefs. I see a lot of that thinking in the majority faith of any culture.
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First of all , I was NOT replying to anything you said at any time.
Secondly, you took the great liberty of completing cutting my post in half to misrepresent it. I suppose you had some reason for misquoting and taking out of context, although I am not used to that type of person at all.
I was replying to a post from QUIRKY3 and my complete post was, including those that you cut out to serve some purpose....was...
"If only your words "An understanding of world cultures, including understanding our differences, promotes healthy conversation and reduces the type of fear caused by lack of education." could be true.
They are not, as evidenced by history. These "understanding of world cultures" have been allowed to be at the mercy of those presenting what they feel is important. Thus, I did not see the material thus have no opinion on how it was being presented, and I say to anyone who espouses this teaching so we can understand.....be aware of WHO will be teaching the material to allow that understanding.
It is NOT neutral people presenting what you might think. "
Despite what you claim...
.....I did not seem to indicate
" ..actually believe that the state of Maryland, the school in the community, and that teacher are subtly attempting, or even blatantly attempting, to indoctrinate these high school students into Islam?" despite your attempt to put those words in my mouth. Again you say that I said
"categorically state it is NOT neutral people." when again, I was not speaking of the State of Maryland in anyway, but you hijacked this for your own thoughts.
I would appreciate it if you you quote me in the future, you do not distort what I say nor take it out of context.
Your lecture not withstanding, I was not talking to you but replying to an individual post, and I do not think I could have made it clearer that I was not speakin of Maryland or anything but a point raised by another poster.
PS....and while from reading your posts it would serve no purpose, let me remind you that QUIRKY3 was responding to a post on COLLEGE teaching and thus so was I.