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24 Nov 2006 02:11:34 AM |
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Public school teacher tells class: 'You belong in hell' |
Public school teacher tells class: 'You belong in hell'
Jim Lippard
http://richarddawkins.net/article,335,Public-school-teacher-tells-class-You-belong-in-hell,Jim-Lippard
[excerpt]
Reposted from:
http://lippard.blogspot.com/2006/11/public-school-teacher-tells-class-you.html
The following is from Paul L. LaClair, a NYC attorney who lives in Kearny,
New Jersey, and is posted with his permission. David Paszkiewicz, the
teacher described here engaging in incompetent teaching and dishonesty, is
apparently a youth pastor at Kearny Baptist Church in addition to being a
public school teacher. LaClair's son Matthew has previously garnered
attention for protesting Bush administration activities by refusing to
stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. He seems to be a principled and
courageous young man who has caught a really bad teacher:
Kearny, New Jersey
November 10, 2006
A history teacher at the local public high school here may have bitten off
more than he cares to chew this fall. Self-described conservative Baptist
David Paszkiewicz used his history class to proselytize biblical
fundamentalism over the course of several days at the beginning of this
school year.
Among his remarks in open class were statements that a being must have
created the universe, that the Christian Bible is the word of God, and that
dinosaurs were aboard Noah's ark. If you do not accept Jesus, he flatly
proclaimed to his class, "you belong in hell." Referring to a Muslim
student who had been mentioned by name, he lamented what he saw as her
inevitable fate should she not convert. In an attempt to promote biblical
creationism, he also dismissed evolution and the Big Bang as
non-scientific, arguing by contrast that the Bible is supported by what he
calls confirmed biblical prophecies.
[end excerpt]
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
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