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New Scout Promise for Atheists.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:25 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24434510

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Post by JimC » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:31 am

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Re: New Scout Promise for Atheists.

Post by Pappa » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:50 am

It's hard to get too excited about such a silly anachronism finally getting dropped, but it is a good thing to hear.
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Post by Tyrannical » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:00 am

One less tie to bind society together culturally.
A rational skeptic should be able to discuss and debate anything, no matter how much they may personally disagree with that point of view. Discussing a subject is not agreeing with it, but understanding it.
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Re: New Scout Promise for Atheists.

Post by cronus » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:02 am

Tyrannical wrote:One less tie to bind society together culturally.
Military coup will have it put right. :coffee:
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Re: New Scout Promise for Atheists.

Post by Kristie » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:31 pm

Too bad that's just for the UK.
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:21 pm

Yeah. :x
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Re: New Scout Promise for Atheists.

Post by MiM » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:23 pm

Kristie wrote:Too bad that's just for the UK.
Having been an atheist scout in my youth, and being the father of two atheist scouts today, I strongly agree with this. The scouts of Finland went through this discussion just a few years ago, and chose to keep God in the promise. One strong reason that was then given was that the international scouting community wouldn't allow anything else. Doesn't seem to have been a completely true statement. :nono:

Anyway. All scouting I, or my kids, have ever taken part in has been almost completely secular in practice. :cheer:
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