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fandomsecrets2008-08-12 04:52 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-08-12 04:52 pm
[ SECRET POST #585 ]
⌈ Secret Post #585 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 12 pages, 280 secrets from Secret Submission Post #084.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Re: 138
You mean the UK? I'm going to assume you are... it's funny, I was thinking about this last night. When I first started to get to know a number of Americans online, one of the first things that surprised me was how many of them went to church, how much more religious people in the US are than people in the UK. It was a cultural difference I really wasn't prepared for, and it does seem odd when you consider that the UK is "officially" a Christian country and the US officially has separation between church and state! Yet far fewer people here say they believe in God, or in a God as described by the major religions, and even those who regard themselves as Christian seem to spend a lot less time going to church. Possibly because Church of England services are really darn dull.
Although I found it extremely weird to hear a school telling young children about God and Jesus when I went to a mother's day gathering at my nephew's school, from my own childhood I remember regarding the Biblical stories in pretty much the same light as I regarded the stories we were taught about what the ancient Egyptians believed. Come to think of it, I did read the first couple of Narnia books as a child and didn't even notice that they were a Christian allegory. I suspect the general attitude here is that it's good to learn about these things as they're part of our cultural heritage (and indeed, you really can't get much out of all kinds of classical literature if you don't know at least the basics of the Bible, just as you need to know the basics of the Greek and Roman myths!), but since they're not particularly taught as if we should believe in them, it doesn't produce the nation of "brainwashed" Christians that people like Pullman might fear.
Re: 138
Me, I went to a Catholic school, so for awhile, it never occurred to me that there was a problem with teaching the Bible in school until I realised that not all schools are private/Christian-run. I got through it with my faith in tact, which is a miracle in itself, but while I'm a big believer in teaching kids about their faith, the idea of a public or state-run school doing it is just...bizarre.
But teaching it as something you need to simply understand history makes sense, I suppose.
I don't think I ever actually read through LWW when I was a kid because the White Witch scared me too much. I watched the cartoon and was told it was an allegory and figured "Ah. Well, yes, I suppose it would have to be, it's so obvious!" but I can't really recall the order that happened in, so it's like rereading a mystery novel...I can't remember how much of a shock it may've been when I learned it.