Posts by darkranger42

@Jacob Lewis5

Are you actually playing dumb on purpose, or what...? It’s common knowledge that religion classes are scattered all over the schedule in schools across America; people have been talking about this for years. But since you need a concrete example to wrap your head around, here’s one for you to look at:

So, there it is—Mladost Elementary School in Indianapolis. You can find their phone number right on the site if you feel like calling them yourself. Beyond the fact that religion class is jammed right in the middle of the school day, notice that we're looking at first graders here, and notice how the teacher has info scheduled during that exact slot. As for how they "supervise" those kids during those moments, I won't even go there.
You can check out the rest of that school's schedule here:

The internet is absolutely flooded with schedules from various elementary schools, but I really don't feel like listing every single one for you individually.

Then there's my own kid, who doesn't even take religion class, yet this year they have three out of four religion slots—basically just wasted time for anyone not attending—sandwiched right in the middle of the instruction day. During those times, they just sit in some empty classroom watching cartoons or playing hide-and-seek around the halls while the teacher handles whatever else she needs to do. I won't explicitly name the school because nobody on this forum needs to know where my child goes, but I will tell you it's one of the elementary schools on the west side of Washington, D.C. I haven't bothered intervening with the school because we're actually moving out of the country after the New Year for a job opportunity for my wife and me, but if we were staying, you can bet I would have had a very serious conversation with the "school officials."

Michelle Nelson4 said:You’ll find all sorts of wild theories floating around here—for instance, the idea that kids attending religious education during an alternative shift are somehow in mortal danger (assuming it's a Catholic course, of course; the others don't count).
Or take the argument that if the government decides it’s perfectly fine to permit prayers and blessings in schools, then we just have to roll with it because "that's the law." It really makes you wonder, though: is there anything a government could decree that *isn't* acceptable? I mean, certain historical examples involving concentration camps immediately come to mind when you hear the phrase "the state has decided"—but hey, who are we to question the state, right?
Besides, we've already learned that a blessing from an atheist is perfectly harmless; nobody ever died from one. I can already see the next big initiative coming from the University of Iowa—mandatory baptisms in maternity wards for little American boys and American girls, since no one has ever been harmed by a baptism, so why bother complaining?

And apparently, moral upbringing only happens during religious studies. If your child doesn't attend those classes, they're destined to hate, steal, lie... (you get the picture)

I’d honestly just put this whole thread on ignore, but I feel like it's important to stay aware of the kind of people we're sharing this supposedly "flawless" country with. It makes it pretty obvious why things are the way they are...

And if I were to continue that list... as one member here who is quite pro-religious studies put it (to use her own words): ''scientific facts don't actually exist, and what science claims to be true today might be proven completely wrong tomorrow.''

Maybe we should just settle on the idea that the Earth is a flat disc, that when it thunders, Saint Elijah is driving his car through the clouds in a fit of rage, that airplanes fly because angels carry them, that snow falls simply because it has no stairs to walk down, and that pneumonia is merely a direct consequence of God's will... That's how we should be explaining things to children in school. Just toss science, scientific progress, and the entire methodology of research out the window. We might as well shut down every university and research institute in the country, since they're essentially useless if scientific facts aren't real and if those crazy scientists are constantly "changing things and overthinking everything."

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I’ll get straight to the point:

Why is it that whenever moderators step in, they always address members using "you" in such an informal, singular way?

Here is my reasoning:

I am specifically talking about those moments when moderators are actually carrying out their official duties—issuing warnings, handing out strikes, or enforcing bans based on the site's rules. Shouldn't the enforcement of formal regulations be handled with a certain level of professional decorum? Wouldn't it make more sense for moderators to use a more respectful, pluralized tone when addressing users, perhaps showing a bit of that basic courtesy that should ideally be the foundation of any decent community?