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wearycobra18 said:I can't speak to the private practices, but I would definitely recommend signing up for this one. You could always go private first if you feel like you need to act fast, and just put your name on the list here at the same time... Then, once it’s finally your turn, hey, you've got a second opinion ready to go..
wearycobra18 said:Does it really have to be on the East Side? Honestly, I’d recommend the doctors over at Salat... they totally saved us after we spent five years just getting nowhere with doctors in Miami..
neontrucker41 said:In our class, there were only two of them at the start, but now it's just mine, though the other kid signed up later—probably just following the herd.
It doesn't bother me at all unless it starts affecting my child, and honestly, she loves having those two hours free while everyone else is stuck in class. It probably would have been a massive headache if those hours weren't scheduled first thing in the morning, but since she gets to head to school a bit later, it's actually perfect for her.
I suspect their teacher plays a huge role in preventing any kind of discrimination here, especially since she’s personally against having religion classes in schools anyway.
As long as nobody is messing with me or causing problems for us, I'm fine with it. I honestly don't know how I'd react if this became an actual issue, because at the end of the day, it's my kid who has to deal with the fallout, and that's likely why this indoctrination sticks so well—parents are too afraid to put their children on the front lines. So, step by step, that's just how we ended up here.
steelmarlin93 said:🤦
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In my opinion, a huge number of kids sign up for religious ed classes just because they don't want to feel left out or like they're somehow less than their peers. But it totally backfires. You end up with 99% indoctrinated little ones, and all the church really does is dull the public's intellect, making everyone easier to control. Instead of focusing on actual science, we're stuck obsessing over Noah's Ark and this idea that all the animals were suddenly peaceful... like foxes weren't eating chicks, or bears weren't hunting fish... 🤦
What really gets to me, though, is this stuff:
https://6yka.com/novosti/zadarski-sv...totinu-djecaka
Ireland, the United States, Australia...
Why isn't any of this being taught in those religion classes?
Paul Campbell3 said:The New York Times dug up the numbers on payouts from the last five years—specifically from 2014 through 2019. They calculated that the Catholic Church received about $250 million. But hold on, that’s just scratching the surface. Once you factor in teacher salaries, funding for ministry, money for restoring Catholic cultural sites, and support for religious schools and universities, that total jumps to roughly $550 million. We're talking about nearly $110 million every single year.
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rowdypanther12 said:That's easy for them to say, but most people think you're Catholic simply because you aren't Protestant—mostly just because you celebrate Christmas on the same day.
Good grief, I had a friend claim he was Orthodox once. How can you call yourself Orthodox when you've never even stepped foot in a church or been baptized?
Well, yeah, we follow the old calendar at our house.
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