Originally posted by Newbie
If HSC was to ensure fairness in procedure, then it would leave the religious stuff in Studies of Religion.
So... all those texts about sex... would disadvantage all the virgins out there huh? so we are getting to the point where we disallow certain texts because some people, a minority, yes christianity has become a minority these days, might understand things better? Oh wait... we should disallow subjects like physics, because all imigrants have the tendancy of working really hard and excelling in them?
this is actually discrimination.. do you think a government run education board would allow this?
"After all, religion is not an important part of life. It only exists because some people cannot find a direction in life. "
well... so whats anything if thats a case? marriage is just society filling a void.. shoes, clothes, drink...
you know... the bible can be interpreted differently, and in my opinion God is not meant to be proven to exist, (yes im a christian) because, having a relationship with God is about trusting, putting faith in something, and faith is when you trust your whole being to something which cannot be touched.. palpable.. so theres no point in proving if god exists.. and theres no way.. put bluntly, if you dont believe that Jesus died for our sins so that we can have a relationship again with god which was broken by sin, then you shall all be judged.. believing in god isnt enough, nor is proving that he exists.. ...
AND... at the basis of Christianity is FAITH.. faith in the fact that Jesus died for all of us.. Look up John 8 onwards.. as Bono sings... (lame reference i know) its a place thats got to be believed to be seen..
I agree that religion is a tool, traditions and a whole bunch of codswallop that is meaningless because it has no real value in terms of salvation... however, if you had a point that christianity is a creation of man simply to fill some gap (your right in one aspect.. in the way that its reuniting us as holy and righteous people under God) then your wrong and I would glady continue this.
anyway... back to the point... text is text.. and studying text is about studying its form, meaning, and subtextual layers... to disallow texts on the basis that some people may have a little headstart wont work because some people
and in reference to the opinion that we should balance out the texts... theres no ovberbalance of christian texts now... so why should we balance it.. that wouldnt work your argument right now... it would bring in more religious texts... anyway, tolkien, cs lewis, elizabeth gaskell, even tim winton are all christians.. LOTR has christian subtext to it everywhere...