No Creationism please, we're British

[mandragora]

There's a report in today's Independent concerning an attempt to open a 'Creationist' school in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The local state school was failing and a businessman who had set up 3 others of these schools offered to set up another to replace the failing school.

The parents and teachers protested. They would rather have a failing school than one which 'indoctrinates' the children into what they, presumably, regard as a crackpot theory. The Independent report is here

Sums up the British position on extreme Christianity rather nicely, I think.

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[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. I think it may be difficult for countries where religion is an integral part of daily life to understand the British attitude, which is pretty much weddings, Christenings and funerals only so far as church attendance is concerned. That's assuming that people are CofE, or some other Protestant sect, mind you. Other Christian sects and other faiths tend to be more devout.

But most people are Protestant and religion therefore plays little part in our day to day existence. You obviously know this, but then Aussies are pretty well up on British culture, I think.