morre on Law would put 'In God We Trust' in schools

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

------- Original message -------
From: DV Henkel-Wallace  <gumby () henkel-wallace org>
Sent: 7/4/'05,  7:57

"Proponents" may consider it harmless, but injecting more mindless 
repetition of the word "god" seems to be the best way to get kids to 
tune it out.  Unless kids in Pennsylvania are different from those 
anywhere else.

Achieving that would be fine with me, but is it really what they intend 
to accomplish?

Repeated, public avowals of faith may appear threatening to some, but 
to me they always come off as the actions of people trying to 
compensate for their own doubts or self-perceived lack of faith.  Those 
with deep and strong religious convictions are usually content with 
their beliefs and feel little need to proselytize.

-d

On 07 Apr 2005, at 05:07, David Farber wrote:

> Law would put 'In God We Trust' in schools
>
> Thursday, April 07, 2005
> By
> Bill Toland, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
> [...]
> proponents say it's an historical motto that harmlessly brings a
> little bit of God into schools, while opponents say it's a possible 
> breach
> of the church-state



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