tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149362212571632662.post6186011254342284572..comments2024-02-09T09:28:28.048-05:00Comments on BoogieDowner: PRAYER RALLY DURING MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S STATE OF THE CITY"S ADDRESS, OPPOSING THE CITY’S DECISION TO EVICT HOUSES OF WORSHIP FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLSBoogiedownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013028900628543820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149362212571632662.post-8592292648821260462012-01-12T13:13:13.849-05:002012-01-12T13:13:13.849-05:00Thanks for your genuine expression of your beliefs...Thanks for your genuine expression of your beliefs.<br /><br />Personally, I think each request should be considered by the principal, school board and or the community at large, not a central dogmatic authority that is often “outside” the community. I do understand the sensitivity since impressionable youth can be a "target". Much like an abortion clinic in a school would be inappropriate; there are times when over zealous religious institutions can be an issue. From my personal experience in the NYC public school system, the church groups that rent space are discreet extra sources of revenue that teach foreign languages or possible religious instruction to children who often are not from the school in question but do live in the community. I personally have only witnessed these rentals after school hours and heard about them on weekends when children are not in school. I have never seen recruitment drives of any type amongst the children.<br /><br />In regard to renting from Rev. Diaz; much like the development that has his name that rents to the Bronx LGBT community without discrimination, religious institutions should have the same right to rent space in public schools when the community deems it appropriate.<br /><br />In relation to the preordaining religious groups as fundamentalist, bigoted or against woman, these are your opinions. People do have the right to have fundamentalist beliefs. Calling religious institutions or religious bigoted is again your opinion. In regard to stating religious institutions are against women, if this is the case they grossly deformed their message and again this is your opinion. In my religion the bond between mother and child is PARAMOUNT.<br /><br />Lastly, religious institutions have always served as a force in the community to EDUCATE. Even alphabets were often given to societies through church figures. One prime example includes the life of Saints Cyril and Methodius. They crafted an entire alphabet used by hundreds of million for the past millennium.<br /><br />Religion can be used as a means to mind control or a pre-text for hatred and yes even war. Unfortunately, this is only the case due to our ignorance as a society and the state of our own spirituality. I hope for a society were religion and spirituality are used to improve us. We have been down the “Religion is the Opium of the People” road before. Why are we trying to repeat ourselves? What I believe we should fear more than a society where people contemplate and discuss religious issues is a society where power is centralized in the hands of the few who make the decision for us as to what we should believe.Boogiedownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013028900628543820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149362212571632662.post-32849879101383121262012-01-12T11:34:42.845-05:002012-01-12T11:34:42.845-05:00a church is a church, a school is a school. get a ...a church is a church, a school is a school. get a church instead of taking our public space. most of them are fundamentalist, with bigoted views of women and freedom anyway....Rev Diaz has a place for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149362212571632662.post-53280809145480684592012-01-11T07:47:59.524-05:002012-01-11T07:47:59.524-05:00To God be the glory. God will be with us. Man want...To God be the glory. God will be with us. Man wants to stop God's plan but that is not going to happen captain! Freedom of expression remember! Helloooooo! Country has bigger issues to worry about.<br /><br /><br />Carmen<br />BrooklynCarmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528867436782955979noreply@blogger.com