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told you so! (or was it in another list? hmmm, maybe in Sur...)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/25/2013 07:14 PM, James Simmons
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<div dir="ltr">My feeling on this is that religious instruction,
presented as such, is OK. Presented as something else it isn't.
Sometimes there is a gray area. For instance, hatha yoga can be
taught as a religious practice and also as a system of exercises
with no mention of the original purpose of the exercises. I
think this Spirituality For Kids crosses the line. Teaching kids
that they have a light inside them and that they need to listen
to a True Voice is what a Vaishnava would call Mayavadi
philosophy; the idea that all souls are part of God and that
self realization is to merge into God, etc. While some Hindu
traditions teach this, others would considers these beliefs
morally repugnant. Going back to hatha yoga, a Christian would
be offended if his child is taught anything but exercises, and a
Hindu would be offended if his child is not taught something
besides exercises.
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<div>Between Get Books and Read Etexts and the Browse Activities
a child wishing to study his own religion or others has a
wealth of material to look at. Personally I'd leave it at
that. Sword is OK, and if there is something for studying the
Koran that's OK too. If I could figure out how a Python
program could make studying the Gita easier or more enjoyable
I'd write one.</div>
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<div>But Spirituality For Kids is different. It teaches kids
religious beliefs while pretending to do something else. That
kind of thing can only lead to trouble.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:31 PM,
Bastien <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="im">Edward Mokurai Cherlin <<a
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> However, the Orthodox teaching about Kabbalah is that
one may not<br>
> study it before the age of 50.<br>
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Done. :)<br>
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