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Originally Posted by budwieser
Right, when i was taught abour RE at school, i was taught about the Bible. Athiesm did`nt come into it,
As a preacher, Is`nt there supposed to be only one god in the christian faith?
And how are these posts off topic?
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It's off topic because the topic is an independent girls' school in Croydon and a gym club that uses its premises. However, let me worry about that, as I said I'm going to see if I can find a way to make a split so both discussions continue.
In the meantime, to answer your questions, there are clearly some big differences in the RE syllabus you followed and the one I followed. Age or location may be factors, or maybe you went to a church-aided school? It doesn't matter much anyway. RE is just RE, it's a lesson in school and unlikely to actually convert anyone to any particular religion in my experience. Even though one of our school's RE teachers was a URC minister ...
Regarding the number of Gods in the Christian faith, yes, there's only one. I suspect what's behind your question is a suspicion that I'm defending Muslims because I believe their religion is equally as correct as Christianity? That certainly isn't the case, anyway. Islam and Christianity make a number of claims about truth and the way to reach God that are incompatible with each other. They cannot both be right. I happen to believe that in these things, Christianity is right and Islam is wrong. However, just because I think Islam is wrong on some important issues, I don't deny Muslims the right to practice their religion and to ask to have their religious practices respected.
Crumbs, maybe we're not off topic after all!