You say that Scientific beliefs do not evolve and thenm explain the process by which they do.
I probably worded that poorly but I find it creepy when people want to undermine what is being taught in the homes at school at an early age. It is normally ideologically driven. Children can make up their own minds when they are older.
You are insulted very easily. They are termed Christian values because they are based on the teachings of Jesus - it is historical.
You enter a whole new debate about the role of the State and its involvement in how people bring up their children. I want my children to be taught Christian values and then when they are 14 they can take it and get confirmed or leave it and not. I find it rather creepy when people think they should be teaching my children something else.
Science goes some way to explaining the world around us but falls well short of explaining everything. Scientific believes also change.
I respect the values of the major religions and would love to have a strong faith. I struggle with the Ark and other parts of the Old Testament though and that dilutes the strength of my belief. I do think that life is such a miracle in itself that science cannot possibly proviode answers to everything; particularly the emotional and spiritual elements. What really irks me is when people who have no faith try to ridicule those that do.
You are using extremes to justify your argument. It is quite evident when a child is being abused. The state has no place in people's home. As it happens my wife wears the trousers!
I am sure that in Nazi Germany or North Korea the State had different definitions of what is acceptable. I am responsible for my children and not the State.
That is all well and good but the State has absolutely no role to play in how I bring my children up. You bring your chidren up how you want and I will bring mine up how I think is best.
For me it is a bit like Scotland playing rugby; you want to support them but they hate us so much that you simply cannot even if some of your mates follow them.
A shameful episode. Our justice has failed to deliver justice once again. The Met's reputation remains and the long tradition of perception of corruption and brutality is still intact.