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Rhiannon12866

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15. Excellent point.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:05 PM

Jun 20

Though in my family it was my father who insisted that I continue going to church with the family and sent me to boarding school (though it was his mother's idea) where we had "chapel" every day and required religion classes. I can remember being tested on The 10 Commandments there. *sigh*

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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil released after more than 100 days in detention - The Weeknight - MSNBC [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 OP

Way past due, better yet never should have happened in the first place. Uncle Joe Jun 20 #1

Thanks, Uncle Joe! Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #4

Halellujah! choie Jun 20 #2

Grabbed up, imprisoned for 90 days without a trial Walleye Jun 20 #3

Do kids still recite this every morning in school?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #5

Yep and they're about to start doing it with the 10 Commandments Walleye Jun 20 #6

How can little kids understand that language?? And shouldn't religious education be up to the parents?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #7

Yes, many adults don't understand it. And religious instruction used to be up to the home, but that was when we lived in Walleye Jun 20 #10

When I was in the early grades, we used to say the "school prayer" every morning along with the Pledge Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #11

When I was in first grade, we did the pledge plus the Lord's prayer and a Bible verse Walleye Jun 20 #12

That Supreme Court ruling could have been what eliminated the "School Prayer" when I was in school Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #13

Religions can be a very sensitive thing because people learn it from their mother and their families Walleye Jun 20 #14

Excellent point. Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #15

I think he said it was 144 days. choie Jun 20 #8

Wow, I was thinking of the jail sentence for a misdemeanor, but this is. Walleye Jun 20 #9