well I don't dismiss the fact that people of faith cannot be very good religious education teachers, there are many many excellent ones. I would just say that atheists have a natural advantage to teach about religion without bias. Even one of these should know when talking about atheism not to promote this as the 'right' position.
Sounds like your teacher was making an ill timed personal opinion in a jokey form. Hey, but we all make mistakes.
:)
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
well I don't dismiss the fact that people of faith cannot be very good religious education teachers, there are many many excellent ones. I would just say that atheists have a natural advantage to teach about religion without bias. Even one of these should know when talking about atheism not to promote this as the 'right' position.
Sounds like your teacher was making an ill timed personal opinion in a jokey form. Hey, but we all make mistakes.
:)
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."