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“One Nation Under God”…Maybe not.

26 Apr

When students noticed that a teacher was not Saying the Pledge Correctly–He Omits “Under God” from the “One Nation Under God”–

The Teacher Justifies His Editing By Telling the Students He’s “An Atheist!”

And it's not negotiable in schools!

When offered an inch human beings tend to go for the whole 12 inches, and then want the stick you measured it with. Call it human nature but people need something bigger than themselves to keep them in line: rules, laws, parents, faith…God maybe?

One of the big problems that hit the world in the late 20th century was the great leveling of society and normalization of literally everything. No more differences, no more rules, no more nothing. Some called it freedom, others diversity, others still, chaos. We human beings need something higher than ourselves to guide us; when we tear down the gods, we have nothing but ourselves–and that’s trouble.

Just like the ancient Greeks and Romans. As long as the gods were mysterious, inexplicable, they were held in awe; once they started looking and acting like us they become comic strip characters. (The Jews did well by keeping Yahweh divine; thanks to them we got Chrisianity and Islam, and the Jews are still here with very alive morals and community, it’s why they stick together: they share.) Once the churches made everybody members of a “common priesthood”–all hell broke loose, literally. Equality is unnatural; necessity is natural.

But back to the subject of this post: a nation under what? God!

It’s been said that the American nation is a Christian nation (apologies to the Jews and Muslims and other faiths!)–only because the Christians were a majority and didn’t want to admit the Jews were really running things, albeit from the back room, a sort of Wizard of Oz scenario. Not to confess a belief in God or a god was unthinkable, monstrous! To be an atheist was to be an outcast, an outlier, even….communist (ask kids nowadays what that is. Thanks teachers!) Oh! How things have changed

We now have teachers in our schools, one in particular has come to our attention, let’s call him Matt Miller, who refuse to recite the pledge of allegiance words, “one nation under God,” and when asked Why? by students answers: “I’m an atheist.”

Scandalous! Why not put a white supremecist in the classroom teaching American history? Why not have a Southern Baptist teaching biology? What the hell is an atheist doing in the classroom with your kids? What bloody right does that atheist have to flaunt his personal defects in front of impressionable youth? I compare his statement to indecent exposure of his genitals but symbolically.

Look, once a person has reached a certain age and has gained life experience, that person can pretty much believe what he or she wants. Generally, school-age kids, even those in highschool, have not yet reached that phase in the life cycle. Sometimes, however, it’s to everyone’s benefit if it’s just kept to one’s self. But when one is placed in a highly privileged position, in a position in which the impressionable young are highly sensitive to what they see and hear, one loses some of one’s privileges of opinion, dissent, freedom of speech. The position of the teacher is precisely one such privileged position. Once a teacher forgets he has boundaries…he’s gotta go!

Here you are, parents, teaching your children good Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist, etc. morals and urging them to bible study, worship, to be good Jews, Christians, and Muslims, etc. whatever, to be God-fearing and good, and then you’re sidelined by some screwball at school influencing them, confusing them. Even if you leave spirituality and faith questions up to your kid to freely choose, what right does another adult have to unfairly influence that kid, your kid?

What are you going to do about it? Why not ask Mr Matt Miller, teacher and president of the RCS CSD teachers association,about his now-known-to-have-been published–by himself!–his moral meter or lack of it. How can someone who has no higher authority other than the crippled authority of humankind be an example or be trusted to make moral and ethical decisions? How does Mr Miller’s “atheism” affect his judgment, his interpretation of the world, his teaching? If he can’t keep his oddball beliefs to himself and out of earshot of students at the school, how can you trust  him? My personal answer would be: “You cannot trust someone with such lack of discretion.” It’s just plain scandalous!

Read another report brought home by RCS students to parents about Miller’s conversation with Vish, click Loose Lips.

It’s time now to put the Superintendent and the Board of Education on the spot: What are you going to do about this? What will you say when the public asks what you know about the teachers hired to teach in the district? It’s not that the questions might be asked…the question IS being asked.

This one you watch for.

This one admits it publicly.

The last elections booted the immoral clique, the adulterers, the phonies off of the board of education. They were all publicly supported by Matt Miller and his special-interest group, the RCS teachers association.

That was a step forward for the district. Now it’s time to look in the closets at the schools and get the skeletons out in the public’s view. Here’s a place to start: Ask Mr Miller about his public statements regarding the pledge of allegiance!

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6 responses to ““One Nation Under God”…Maybe not.

  1. Sheldon

    November 24, 2020 at 1:47 am

    It is the parents’ responsibility to instill in the children their values and why they believe what they believe. They also have to hold our schools and other authority figures accountable, lest someone else lead their children astray.

    Of course, at the end of childhood, the kids as they grow up, eventually have to decide for themselves where the evidence leads to.

    In my opinion teachers should hold back their opinions during required learning or meetings with the student, or if they mention it, tone it down and/or redirect the class.

    For science, it helps to give a respectful disclaimer: you are required to learn this material and answer questions according to what is taught, but you are not required to believe it. The teacher can briefly say they personally agree or disagree with what they are required by law to teach, then simply move on.

    Of course, these restrictions on what teachers can say are more heavy on younger students, whereas older students can be given the flexibility of encouraging healthy debate among other students.

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    • Principal Editor

      November 24, 2020 at 7:37 am

      Thank you, Sheldon, for your comment.
      Elementary, middle, and to some extent, depending on the pupils’ background, even high school should be a place of absorption, and educators’ personal beliefs or opinions have no place in that environment; the hearers are too vulnerable.

      In the United States, people entering junior and undergraduate college and university don’t have the experience, education, or background to adequately discern what is being presented, and that causes problems, too.

      Young people are great listeners but very poor interpreters. The fact that American education sucks and lags far behind — similar to American consumer techonology — our European and Oriental cousins should be reason for national shame.

      E.

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  2. rowanwphillips

    April 26, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    [Editor’s Note: We are posting Mr Phillips’ response not because it reveals any semblance of intelligence or comprehension of the points being made but simply to provide readers with an example of some of the idiocy we receive from readers. Does it get worse? Yes! We’re sorry to say it does.]

    Mr Phillips wites: “My sentiments exactly, no adult should be able to make any mention of any religious belief or doctrine to anyone under the age of 18. Especially not anyone with a vested interest such as a preacher or immam.”

    [Editor’s Note: Mr Phillips is apparently from the Miller camp that advocates no boundaries with school-age youth.]

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  3. audrey5253

    April 26, 2012 at 9:10 am

    Mr. Miller should be aware of “less is more”, that is…he should learn to keep his mouth shut. This is another example of why this man should keep his opinions to himself. He has no business influencing young minds with his personal beliefs.

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    • rowanwphillips

      April 26, 2012 at 10:16 am

      Shouldn’t you repeat that sentiment to all adults who have an opinion on anything as yet unproven?

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      • Fides qua Creditur

        April 26, 2012 at 10:40 am

        RowanWPhillips: You may have missed the essential point of this post: we are talking about adults, teachers, in privileged trusted positions, expressing their opinions of things unproven to sensitive young minds not yet in a position to discern the truth, falsity, or mystery of what the influential adult is expressing. A teacher is a belief and identity former and is called to a higher standard of caution and prudence. You may have missed the point that the post is not decrying adults having opinions or expressing those opinions in the proper forum to experienced adults. Youth among youth can also express their opinions but they are doing so among peers. A teacher is not a peer to school-age persons! I hope that clarifies the issues for you. If you have any further questions, please be free to express yourself.

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