12yo Texan Girl Told to Write that God is Fake!

[Bentrada]

Did you bother to read the article? It states that the students took a poll to say whether God was fact, opinion, or myth. The teacher said that anyone who said that a fact or an opinion was wrong and God is only a myth.

Yes. That is true. God is objectively a myth, regardless of your religion or lack thereof.

That doesn't mean the teacher was justified in her actions.

[Teemant]

It seems like you have no idea what myth is.

[quote="Oxford Dictionary]myth
noun

1A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.[/quote]
I guess we can add "myth" to the list of words you don't actually know the meaning of...[/quote][/quote][/quote]

I know very well what myth is myself. I got wrong impression by one of his posts.

[Alvecia]

No, she wasn't. I don't think you understand what "myth" means.

Did you bother to read the article? It states that the students took a poll to say whether God was fact, opinion, or myth. The teacher said that anyone who said that a fact or an opinion was wrong and God is only a myth.

Which is objectively true. There is no evidence for God.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Yes. That is true. God is objectively a myth, regardless of your religion or lack thereof.

That doesn't mean the teacher was justified in her actions.

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

[Alvecia]

Did you bother to read the article? It states that the students took a poll to say whether God was fact, opinion, or myth. The teacher said that anyone who said that a fact or an opinion was wrong and God is only a myth.

Which is objectively true. There is no evidence for God.

Well, I guess opinion would be correct as well.

[Jamzmania]

That doesn't mean the teacher was justified in her actions.

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

[Dyakovo]

I guess we can add "myth" to the list of words you don't actually know the meaning of...

I know very well what myth is myself. I got wrong impression by one of his posts.

You clearly don't.

[Alvecia]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

She wasn't coercing them into doing anything. She was explaining that objectively, God is not a fact, but an opinion or myth.

[New Frenco Empire]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

Myths are not inherently false.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

When did she do that, exactly? I'd find that extremely odd, her being a Christian and whatnot... I strongly recommend you read the previous page or two, lest you make a fool of yourself.

[Jamzmania]

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

She wasn't coercing them into doing anything. She was explaining that objectively, God is not a fact, but an opinion or myth.

A fact is something that is true. There is no requirement for evidence in the definition of a fact.

Either way, she was coercing them through their grades.

[Bentrada]

That doesn't mean the teacher was justified in her actions.

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

Huh. I guess so. Thank you for correcting my position.

[Teemant]

[/quote]

I know very well what myth is myself. I got wrong impression by one of his posts.[/quote]
You clearly don't.[/quote]

I clearly do. I made a mistake and got wrong impression by one of his posts.

In fact I may even know more than you do.

[Bentrada]

I know very well what myth is myself. I got wrong impression by one of his posts.[/quote]
You clearly don't.[/quote]

I clearly do. I made a mistake and got wrong impression by one of his posts.

In fact I may even know more than you do.[/quote]
Please fix your formatting.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

She wasn't coercing them into doing anything. She was explaining that objectively, God is not a fact, but an opinion or myth.

A fact is something that is true. There is no requirement for evidence in the definition of a fact.

Either way, she was coercing them through their grades.

Really? Huh. I wonder how, considering the exercise this refers to actually had no credit assigned to it... you seem to have a lot more information on this than the rest of us. Care to share?

[Dyakovo]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

That isn't what the teacher did.

[Teemant]

I know very well what myth is myself. I got wrong impression by one of his posts.

You clearly don't.[/quote]

I clearly do. I made a mistake and got wrong impression by one of his posts.

In fact I may even know more than you do.[/quote]
Please fix your formatting.[/quote]

I responded to broken "formatting".

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

Huh. I guess so. Thank you for correcting my position.

No worries. Glad to see this could be cleared up.

[Ethel mermania]

That doesn't mean the teacher was justified in her actions.

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

No it doesnt, God or the lack thereof does not belong in a public school lesson.

[Alvecia]

She wasn't coercing them into doing anything. She was explaining that objectively, God is not a fact, but an opinion or myth.

A fact is something that is true. There is no requirement for evidence in the definition of a fact.

Either way, she was coercing them through their grades.

Katy ISD Superintendent Alton Frailey said, "In the investigation those assertions were not corroborated by the other students. Was the activity graded? It was not graded. Was it 40 percent of their grade? Were the students told they had to deny God? No one corroborated that, at all."

It was not graded.

If something has no evidence, you cannot know it is true, and therefore cannot be fact.

[Mavorpen]

I responded to broken "formatting".

For fuck's sake, it literally took me one second to fix the broken quote wall.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Actually, yes, it does. That's exactly what it means. That's the point.

No it doesnt, God or the lack thereof does not belong in a public school lesson.

...we can't teach about the existence of religion in school now? That's going to leave some big fucking gaps in world history.

[Jamzmania]

The teacher was justified in coercing her students to declare God not real?

That isn't what the teacher did.

I was under the impression that it was for a grade. Either way, it was wrong and should never have been a lesson.

[Dyakovo]

You clearly don't.

I clearly do. I made a mistake and got wrong impression by one of his posts.

In fact I may even know more than you do.

Your posts demonstrate otherwise.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

That isn't what the teacher did.

I was under the impression that it was for a grade. Either way, it was wrong and should never have been a lesson.

Unsurprisingly, you were under a false impression.

It was not wrong. It was an objectively true statement. There was nothing inappropriate about this exercise.