Stupid Crap Teachers Told You

[United Marktoria]

My Religious Education teacher tried to tell the class that artificial insemination was an abomination, because God has a plan for reproduction and it would be an absolute evil to ignore that.

My reply? "Luke 1:35"

I am glad I go to a public school where Religion is a no-no to teach. Because if I was in a Religion class, there would be daily arguments.

[Wilgrove]

In high school, my Advanced Placement US Government teacher told me that the United States was a Christian nation. When I pointed out that many of the founding fathers were atheists or deists, she told me that Deism was a sect of Christianity.

So, share the stupid shit you've been told by teachers over your life.

Well, by de facto, it is. Christianity is the most widespread religion practiced by our people and plays a major part in our politics and social life even today.

Fail...just fail...

[Greater Americania]

I am glad I go to a public school where Religion is a no-no to teach. Because if I was in a Religion class, there would be daily arguments.

lol I'm from Texas and here, the schools have a bible study club.

I'm just gonna sit back and watch all the Atheists freak out at the above statement.

[Tungookska]

More than one of my english teachers failed to realize that popular books (catcher in the rye, jane eyre, etc.) can still be utter crap.

All my English teachers failed to understand why I only liked nonfiction

[The Rich Port]

"Let's talk about socialism. I think it's very important to bring back the idea of socialism into the national discussion to where it was at the turn of the [last] century before the Soviet Union gave it a bad name. Socialism had a good name in this country. Socialism had Eugene Debs. It had Clarence Darrow. It had Mother Jones. It had Emma Goldman. It had several million people reading socialist newspapers around the country. Socialism basically said, hey, let's have a kinder, gentler society. Let's share things. Let's have an economic system that produces things not because they're profitable for some corporation, but produces things that people need. People should not be retreating from the word socialism because you have to go beyond capitalism."
-Howard Zinn[/quote]

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Preach it brother!

HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, XD

My Religious Education teacher tried to tell the class that artificial insemination was an abomination, because God has a plan for reproduction and it would be an absolute evil to ignore that.

My reply? "Luke 1:35"

" Dijo el Angel: El espiritu del Altisimo te cubrira con su sombra: por eso el nino santo que nacera de ti ser llamado Hijo de Dios"

"Said the Angel: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God"

Wouldn't that be supporting his point, though?

[Lackadaisical2]

Well, by de facto, it is.

EPIC FAIL

I think you're using the terms differently here. America, as in the people inhabiting it, and thus influencing the government are by and large Christian and have been for all it's history. Technically, the Government is supposed to have no bias towards one religion or the other, and that is codified in law.

[2nd PLT]

That when I get older, people will stop being shallow and materialistic.

I was told that too.
The older I got the more I realized it was true to the reverse extreme.

[North Wiedna]

My AP History teacher said Coolidge was a horrible president. She also claimed that the Late 1800s were an example of laissez-faire economics. She also worshiped Howard Zinn just like Hassett said, claiming he was not biased.

Howard zinn is not bias! well if he is it is the correct bias.

"Let's talk about socialism. I think it's very important to bring back the idea of socialism into the national discussion to where it was at the turn of the [last] century before the Soviet Union gave it a bad name. Socialism had a good name in this country. Socialism had Eugene Debs. It had Clarence Darrow. It had Mother Jones. It had Emma Goldman. It had several million people reading socialist newspapers around the country. Socialism basically said, hey, let's have a kinder, gentler society. Let's share things. Let's have an economic system that produces things not because they're profitable for some corporation, but produces things that people need. People should not be retreating from the word socialism because you have to go beyond capitalism."
-Howard Zinn

Preach it brother!

Take a look at my political compass. If you still think I'm socialist, you need new glasses, like the lady in My Cousin Vinny.

[Natapoc]

That when I get older, people will stop being shallow and materialistic.

I was told that too.
The older I got the more I realized it was true to the reverse extreme.

That is sadly true. Adults keep saying that the kids are all unruly, rude, rebellious.

Instead kids tend to be the only ones who make any sense at all.

[The Rich Port]

I am glad I go to a public school where Religion is a no-no to teach. Because if I was in a Religion class, there would be daily arguments.

lol I'm from Texas and here, the schools have a bible study club.

I'm just gonna sit back and watch all the Atheists freak out at the above statement.

You know what's funny? They closed down the Christian club at my school. NOBODY FREAKIN' WENT, Seriously, though, those guys were Jesus Camp rip-offs, even I could tell, and I wanted to join. But after they got into how horrible homosexuality was, I got up and walked away. I had enough of that crap in Puerto Rico, I'm not going to tolerate it in the States

[Wilgrove]

Oh, I got one that will piss all the women off.

This was a religious class that I had to take when I was in Community College, and this guy was a Non-Denominational Pastor. He actually said that God has a plan for everyone, and if your plan is to get preggers, then you're going to get preggers. Even if God has to get someone to rape you, you will get Preggers.

At that point, I just stopped listening to him.

[Grave_n_idle]

"Let's talk about socialism. I think it's very important to bring back the idea of socialism into the national discussion to where it was at the turn of the [last] century before the Soviet Union gave it a bad name. Socialism had a good name in this country. Socialism had Eugene Debs. It had Clarence Darrow. It had Mother Jones. It had Emma Goldman. It had several million people reading socialist newspapers around the country. Socialism basically said, hey, let's have a kinder, gentler society. Let's share things. Let's have an economic system that produces things not because they're profitable for some corporation, but produces things that people need. People should not be retreating from the word socialism because you have to go beyond capitalism."
-Howard Zinn

[
Preach it brother!

HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, XD

My Religious Education teacher tried to tell the class that artificial insemination was an abomination, because God has a plan for reproduction and it would be an absolute evil to ignore that.

My reply? "Luke 1:35"

" Dijo el Angel: El espiritu del Altisimo te cubrira con su sombra: por eso el nino santo que nacera de ti ser llamado Hijo de Dios"

"Said the Angel: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God"

Wouldn't that be supporting his point, though?[/quote]

That rather depends what you think his point was?

If you think that his point was that going against the established order was inherently wrong... then , no? Because God, himself, goes against the established order when it suits him - and God (allegedly) can't sin, so it can't be wrong.

[The Rich Port]

Well, by de facto, it is.

EPIC FAIL

I think you're using the terms differently here. America, as in the people inhabiting it, and thus influencing the government are by and large Christian and have been for all it's history. Technically, the Government is supposed to have no bias towards one religion or the other, and that is codified in law.

Yeah, but that is a HORRIBLE argument for any point. It only makes people want to avoid voting for Christian politicians. It sure as hell turned me off the Republicans.

[2nd PLT]

That when I get older, people will stop being shallow and materialistic.

I was told that too.
The older I got the more I realized it was true to the reverse extreme.

That is sadly true. Adults keep saying that the kids are all unruly, rude, rebellious.

Instead kids tend to be the only ones who make any sense at all.

Like a bad South Park episode.

[Natapoc]

Oh, I got one that will piss all the women off.

This was a religious class that I had to take when I was in Community College, and this guy was a Non-Denominational Pastor. He actually said that God has a plan for everyone, and if your plan is to get preggers, then you're going to get preggers. Even if God has to get someone to rape you, you will get Preggers.

At that point, I just stopped listening to him.

An actual community college? You know, every time I view threads like this I become simultaneously happy and shocked that I live in one of the most progressive states in the country.

I don't think most of the Religious colleges here would get away with saying something like that even.

[North Wiedna]

That when I get older, people will stop being shallow and materialistic.

I was told that too.
The older I got the more I realized it was true to the reverse extreme.

That is sadly true. Adults keep saying that the kids are all unruly, rude, rebellious.

Instead kids tend to be the only ones who make any sense at all.

Like a bad South Park episode.

So it's just like any South Park episode?

[The Rich Port]

Oh, I got one that will piss all the women off.

This was a religious class that I had to take when I was in Community College, and this guy was a Non-Denominational Pastor. He actually said that God has a plan for everyone, and if your plan is to get preggers, then you're going to get preggers. Even if God has to get someone to rape you, you will get Preggers.

At that point, I just stopped listening to him.

I made a joke about that today in class, everyone wet themselves. We were reading "Leda and the Swan" and we got into the whole rape thing, and somehow the conversation went into Yeats' faith, and eventually we got to "God IS a rapist!"

[Greater Americania]

lol I'm from Texas and here, the schools have a bible study club.

I'm just gonna sit back and watch all the Atheists freak out at the above statement.

You know what's funny? They closed down the Christian club at my school. NOBODY FREAKIN' WENT, Seriously, though, those guys were Jesus Camp rip-offs, even I could tell, and I wanted to join. But after they got into how horrible homosexuality was, I got up and walked away. I had enough of that crap in Puerto Rico, I'm not going to tolerate it in the States

I'm surprised. I thought I'd get more of a reaction. I was looking forward to the "omg those texans are so backwards and evil and stupid and they hate gays and dont want women to have abortions so i sit here and get all mad about it on the internet" remarks.

[Wilgrove]

Oh, I got one that will piss all the women off.

This was a religious class that I had to take when I was in Community College, and this guy was a Non-Denominational Pastor. He actually said that God has a plan for everyone, and if your plan is to get preggers, then you're going to get preggers. Even if God has to get someone to rape you, you will get Preggers.

At that point, I just stopped listening to him.

An actual community college? You know, every time I view threads like this I become simultaneously happy and shocked that I live in one of the most progressive states in the country.

Yea, this was in the Summer of 2004, and I had to take three classes during the Summer. Guess who taught all three! He spent most of the time preaching instead of teaching anything relevant to the course work.

Here's another one of his little gems: He talked about how his wife and him would go to the video rental store, and go rent a movie. They would go home and if the movie had a certain amount of curse words, they'd take it back and demand a refund. I'm like Dude....there's a thing call a Rating System....look into it!

He also tries to get a meal for two for the price of one at restaurants because his wife and him are of one flesh....

Yea, I'm sure Jesus is real proud of this fella.

[2nd PLT]

That when I get older, people will stop being shallow and materialistic.

I was told that too.
The older I got the more I realized it was true to the reverse extreme.

That is sadly true. Adults keep saying that the kids are all unruly, rude, rebellious.

Instead kids tend to be the only ones who make any sense at all.

Like a bad South Park episode.

So it's just like any South Park episode?

No.
I said it like a BAD one!


so it's worse.

[Grave_n_idle]

lol I'm from Texas and here, the schools have a bible study club.

I'm just gonna sit back and watch all the Atheists freak out at the above statement.

You know what's funny? They closed down the Christian club at my school. NOBODY FREAKIN' WENT, Seriously, though, those guys were Jesus Camp rip-offs, even I could tell, and I wanted to join. But after they got into how horrible homosexuality was, I got up and walked away. I had enough of that crap in Puerto Rico, I'm not going to tolerate it in the States

I'm surprised. I thought I'd get more of a reaction. I was looking forward to the "omg those texans are so backwards and evil and stupid and they hate gays and dont want women to have abortions so i sit here and get all mad about it on the internet" remarks.

A third of Texans believe that people and dinosaurs were sauntering around in the desert, together.

Which means no one really cares what Texas teaches in it's schools. Sorry.

[Lackadaisical2]

Well, by de facto, it is.

EPIC FAIL

I think you're using the terms differently here. America, as in the people inhabiting it, and thus influencing the government are by and large Christian and have been for all it's history. Technically, the Government is supposed to have no bias towards one religion or the other, and that is codified in law.

Yeah, but that is a HORRIBLE argument for any point. It only makes people want to avoid voting for Christian politicians. It sure as hell turned me off the Republicans.

why? probably 90+% of the dems are Christian too.
Was he making any argument based on that, or simply stating a fact?

[Andaluciae]

My high school AP Bio teacher was a moron. She'd achieved such a substantial employment history, and was a gifted grantwriter, so as to the point no matter how dumb she was, she couldn't be fired. The key moment of stupid confirmation was when she pronounced "dolphins have gills."

[Natapoc]

Oh, I got one that will piss all the women off.

This was a religious class that I had to take when I was in Community College, and this guy was a Non-Denominational Pastor. He actually said that God has a plan for everyone, and if your plan is to get preggers, then you're going to get preggers. Even if God has to get someone to rape you, you will get Preggers.

At that point, I just stopped listening to him.

An actual community college? You know, every time I view threads like this I become simultaneously happy and shocked that I live in one of the most progressive states in the country.

Yea, this was in the Summer of 2004, and I had to take three classes during the Summer. Guess who taught all three! He spent most of the time preaching instead of teaching anything relevant to the course work.

Here's another one of his little gems: He talked about how his wife and him would go to the video rental store, and go rent a movie. They would go home and if the movie had a certain amount of curse words, they'd take it back and demand a refund. I'm like Dude....there's a thing call a Rating System....look into it!

He also tries to get a meal for two for the price of one at restaurants because his wife and him are of one flesh....

Yea, I'm sure Jesus is real proud of this fella.

Which community college was it? Or at least which state or region of America is it in?

[Noders]

My history teacher once said that "When America was created, the founding fathers were thinking of switching the national language to German... If that happened, who's side do you think we would have been on in WW2?"
Of course this was spoken to a class that thought Paul Revere sent a mass email to all the volunteers warning of the British's arrival.

actually i believe it was Hebrew