Should the Five Pillars and the rest of this be mandated?

What the Hell is wrong with people ??? 1st we are told we cant have open prayer before we go out side the wire, then Chaplains are tossed out of the Military, Pledge of Allegiance  is done away with, but its ok for muslims to wear headdresses,grow beards in the military, still do prayer in the military and can enter this country and military even though they are illegal??? Where does this bullshit end???

SSgt (Join to see), I agree with LTC Stephen F..

I believe no absolute religion should be taught in school at all. A philosophy class which has bits and pieces from religions I do support.

I am a firm believer SSgt (Join to see) that spirituality of any kind is a very personal journey. The tenets that one believes are between that individual and the god, gods, goddesses, golden twinkie, or whatever else they choose to see, or choose not to see as the divine. I do not think this is something that can be taught. Not only in school, but in the home either. Spirituality even among people of the same religion is going to be different between individuals, even within the same household. As a school they have an obligation to stay out of religion altogether. As parents we have an obligation to provide guidance to raise our children to be morally strong people. We gain strength through diversity. The caveat is that it has to be in a respectful environment. If a Christian wants their faith respected by a Muslim, then that Christian needs to show the same respect to Islam. That doesn't mean that they have to agree with it. It means that they need to respect that different people have different ways of looking at the divine. Again, this has nothing to do with public school. It is my opinion that the school should teach the students that the five pillars of Islam exist. If the student (regardless of faith) wants to find out more information, then they can find that out on their own. The same is true of any faith. When I was in High School, we studied the bible as literature. We read several books of the bible, but only for their literary value. Their was no religious discussion at all. It was all about characters, plot, events, etc... I found it to be very interesting. It was more interesting when that was contrasted with reading Greek and Norse god stories in the same vein. A lot can be learned about a culture by reading their religious tenets. If it is done from an objective stand point. Right now in this nation, I think we have far too much religious tension to be objective, and therefore we should leave these items out of the curriculum until things cool off in society as a whole.

LTC Stephen F. GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SGT (Join to see)

This another bunch of BS. I wonder, who and how this required mandate was sneaked by the public

I think it's good to learn about all religions from a historical stand point. Who made it up, basic beliefs, significant events, things that had a impact on history. Christianity should have Jesus, His beliefs, the start of the Popes, Rome, Martin Luther, Crusades, inquisition. Not try to convert anyone just teach the basics. Islam should be the same way, Mohammad, beliefs, the crusades again, differences between Sunnis and the rest. If you have to write down the five pillars Maybe write down the 10 commandments. Religion has had huge impact on all of our history.

Cheerleaders in Tenn state have also been advised to stop saying pregame prayers or face consequences after religious groups made formal complaints.... Is this what all of you who stand behind obama really want for this country??? 

BS is what this is..... The only POSlll

Separation of Church and State, unless it applies to the Islam religion. Three weeks used in our school, 7th grade studying Islam. Far more than any other. Lots of protests, but the indoctrination continues.

We are in bad situation in our Nation we ignore our enemies by allowing them to live in our communities. We are at war. Cultural Jihad is invading our schools and Government. They learned this from the Nazi's in the 1930. Once they have our children. They will have our Nation