Jesus Portrait Will Remain in Ohio Public School

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/jesus-portrait-in-ohios-j_n_2450100.html

Unreal!!!!

THEY WANNA BE ATHEIST FINE,DONT CUT DOWN THOSE WHO ARENT!!!!!!

 

I agree. The portrait does not belong on display at the school.

 

Should be a democratic choice, not an issue.

 

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/5332.html

Teacher Forced to Remove Reagan Quote, Bible Verses

 

Truly very sad....... I wonder if she will quit her job??

 

This ^^^^^^

 

I did not ment the whole nation should be involved in this democratic choice Just the people that are involved/have to look at it on a regular basis, thus the people that go to school there (sounds fair to me). I don't see what the form of government of the nation has to do with this at all haha. Ah well, unless you live in a nation with an overly meddlesome government perhaps.

 

I'm getting so sick of this bullshit. If you don't like the picture don't look at it.

 

I agree, if no one took offense of it and also even if a couple of people did it does not hurt them in the end, unless they have some frustrations in this department which on the other hand should not have to be made into an issue the whole school/community has to get involved in just because of that.
On the other hand, it shows a lot of consideration if you acknowledge these (silly) frustrations even though you have a hard time taking it seriously yourself. After all, if we only show consideration with the people you agree with how considerate are we huh.
That's why I say if too many people make an issue out of it make it a democratic choice and everyone has to deal with the outcome :2thumbsup:

 

Even though I am an atheist it really doesn't bother me that they have a portrait of Jesus in a public school. The main reason being that it can't actually be a portrait of Jesus, because no one knows what he looked liked.

Most likely it is a portrait of a very white man with long hair. Really it is hilarious that Christians would want to display such an image, it is as if they are putting their ignorance of their own faith on display.

The funny thing is though, that whenever people try to remove a religious image from a public place, atheists are always blamed, but in reality I imagine that religious people of a different faith would tend to be more angry about it. If I were Jewish and a public school put a portrait of Jesus on display I would be mad. As it is I find it funny.

 

i don't get so upset at portraits and objects as i do at ideas, like the pledge of allegiance i was forced to say in middle school. they were really on our ass about that

reminds me of that Bill Hicks rant (one of many) when he talked about how the flag should be respected, because it symbolized freedom, but it symbolizes the freedom to not respect the flag. yanno?

 

Yes, I am not american but took notice of this phenomenom in the 'land of the free' and yes, this would certainly aggrivate me a lot too if I were you (contrarily to a portrait/statue issue) :2thumbsup:

 

The absolute horror of it all! Really if it was any other religion no one would raise the issue maybe except for a few narrowminded adults and misled adolescents. Don't like it or agree with it don't look at it simple as that.

 

i'm an atheist and i'm finding it increasingly difficult to give a shit about this sort of thing.

while i can see the point that a government building giving precedence to a particular religion is problematic, i can't help being reminded of that decision to photoshop cigars and cigarettes out of old photographs. whether we like it or not, christianity had a MASSIVE part in the creation of the UK and USA, even as an atheist, you have to admit that christian theology is therefore a huge part of what makes you who you are. its a strange and alienating impulse to whitewash over that. it doesn't have to be celebrated, but sometimes this sort of thing seems more like an attempt to completely deny it ever happened.

but yeah, i'd be a lot more angry if someone made me pledge allegiance to a flag every morning. that has a peculiar whiff of fascism about it, to me.

 

These things are kind of annoying. School should be child-centric. If it isn't relevant to children then why is it in School? Spaces should be filled with learning materials and children's work.

 

They can, but not many would care. As a Christian I accept it as fact that people will hate me due to my religion and stomp on my beliefs anytime they get a chance. It's so hypocritical really, trashing one religion while accepting and promoting others. Why? Because it's hip? I support every religion and think everyone is entitled to their own faith but don't trash one and support another while claiming it's PC and sensitive and fair and anyone who believes is a hypocrite. Because it isn't. (Not you Meagain just making a point to the world)

 

Separation of Church and State should always be upheld. School is for learning about secular academics. If you want your child to learn about Jesus, see his picture, or see him on a cross, bring your child to church.