Bad to worse.......

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Says the man who walked out of the cinema during the screening of 'Braveheart' because it was too violent.

That was then now I am a Zen Master and doubly opposed to violence, even violent thoughts!

Originally posted by FMF
The literacy rate is currently at its highest in history and the illiteracy rate is at its lowest. These are more important indicators ~ affecting the lives of literally billions of people in positive ways ~ while 'teachers being stabbed' and 'classrooms disrupted by maniacs' affect an incredibly miniscule proportion of the world's population.

and yet still the education system is a failure because it does not teach morality! an EPIC failure.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
right, so what are you juxtaposing your evidence against?

all you are proving is that corruption exists. this does not prove that there is more corruption. come on robbie, you are making this too easy.

against your unsubstantiated opinion of less crime! yes you are correct, its easy peasy all one need ask you for is evidence and you are floundering!

Originally posted by Rank outsider
[b]To the 'things are getting worse' crowd.

I mentioned this last time I saw this type of discussion, and was basically ignored, so I will repeat myself.

What is the worst thing you can think of happening in your life?

It won't be everyone's choice, but the death of your own child in infancy would top many parent's list, I suspect. It wou ...[text shortened]... sed on what you read in the papers, or what your Bible tells you that you are supposed to think.[/b]

Did people not have much larger families back then? My grandmother had seven children, my mother four, there is a neighbor of mine and he is one of thirteen! thus the potentiality for mortality is correlated with the number of children being born, tis it not? the higher the birth rate the higher the potential for fatality. Now i don't think anyone will argue that there has not been tremendous advancement in medical science yet i would like to see it juxtaposed against the mortality for actual preventable diseases if its all as nice and cozy as you are making out.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
against your unsubstantiated opinion of less crime! yes you are correct, its easy peasy all one need ask you for is evidence and you are floundering!

and how does a list of banking crime prove that there is more crime?????

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Did people not have much larger families back then? My grandmother had seven children, my mother four, there is a neighbor of mine and he is one of thirteen! thus the potentiality for mortality is correlated with the number of children being born, tis it not? the higher the birth rate the higher the potential for fatality. Now i don't think anyone ...[text shortened]... the mortality for actual preventable diseases if its all as nice and cozy as you are making out.

wow. i always kinda gave you a bit more credit than posters like rjhinds. but this has to be one of the most brain dead posts i think i have ever read.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
and yet still the education system is a failure because it does not teach morality! an EPIC failure.

Have you worked in education?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
That was then now I am a Zen Master and doubly opposed to violence, even violent thoughts!

You wouldn't last too long in the 14th century then.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Have you worked in education?

Yes I have been in education for twenty years, Bible Education, why do you ask?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
You wouldn't last too long in the 14th century then.

I would transcend that century

Originally posted by stellspalfie
wow. i always kinda gave you a bit more credit than posters like rjhinds. but this has to be one of the most brain dead posts i think i have ever read.

Seriously, well if anyone knows Zombie drool, its gotta be you, still not a single statistical piece of evidence to back up any of your ludicrous claims.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
and how does a list of banking crime prove that there is more crime?????

because these fines, their magnitude and prevalence of this type of crime are unprecedented, thats why, you need me to spell it out for you?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes I have been in education for twenty years, Bible Education, why do you ask?

Real education in schools, not Jewish fairy tales.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
and yet still the education system is a failure because it does not teach morality! an EPIC failure.

This seems rather sweeping and judgemental of you; you are talking about billions of children, taught by hundreds of millions of teachers, working in tens of millions of schools, in upwards of 200 countries all around the world. It's all "a failure" is it?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Real education in schools, not Jewish fairy tales.

Real education is schools? You mean assimilating the ideas of others and regurgitating them in examinations? I mock such a pretense! I give lessons in ethics and morality? Practical advice on how to live, principles that require discernment! I fail to see why education needs to be limited by your narrow perspective.