[ConservativeMind]

This is the Google Translation, but effectively, the Catholic Archbishop over El Salvador opposes a new law, passed by the El Salvadorian equivalent of Congress. They are demanding that El Salvador's president veto the bill.

Apparently the Catholic church is afraid people will hear the true Word without their baggage added onto it.

[ConservativeMind]

Ping of interest!

[wideawake]

This is a pretty disgusting twisting of the facts on your part.

Catholic, Baptist and Pentecostal leaders are all opposing this move, because it involves individual teachers deciding which religion they want to teach in their classroom. it is seen also as an assault by liberals in the government on Christian schools of every denomination - by mandating a watered-down state-approved version of liberal Christianity the charters of the Christian schools will be labeled superfluous and will not be renewed.

[vladimir998]

Actually a number of different Christian groups have opposed this. The problem is the same one that happened here in the 19th century - the teacher of the class will choose how to interpret the Bible. Some of those teachers will undoubtedly mock the scriptures because they are unbelievers.

Those who aren’t anti-Catholic bigots would know this or at least look into it. Anti-Catholics, however, are too lazy or stupid to do that much work or have taht much integrity.

http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=16344

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[ConservativeMind]

Ping of interest.

[Iscool]

Haven’t changed much have they...Satans workers are very busy...

[marshmallow]

La CEDES reconoce "las buenas intenciones" de los diputados que promulgaron el decreto 411, pero advierten que "lamentablemente la sola lectura bíblica sin la debida explicación y en un ambiente carente de fe no forma valores como se pretende".

This is the money quote and it makes perfect sense. The Catholic Church, still, to the absolute amazement of many, teaches that truth is one and all else is error. Thus, Scripture certainly requires "la debida explicacion". The authentic interpretation of Scripture and the deposit of faith is a gift from God to the Church, which allows us to safeguard the truth and pass it on untainted.

Call that "baggage", if you wish, but the YOPIOS approach yields confusion and a gaggle of conflicting voices.

The Catholic Church believes that God does far more than simply toss us a Bible and say "go figure". That might be the Protestant approach but God is a far better Father than that. He gives us the certitude of the truth.

What a surprise that the Church should wish to safeguard it.

[wideawake]

BTW, in El Salvador Prensa is the liberal paper and Hoy is the conservative.

[Salvation]

This doesn’t sound right. Calling someone who can translate it correctly.

There’s got to be more to this story. Like someone else deciding what children are taught rather than the parents.

[Grunthor]

“Apparently the Catholic church is afraid people will hear the true Word without their baggage added onto it.”

Something I am coming to understand is a “tradition” in that church.

[RnMomof7]

Ohhh no... someone might actually be saved ...we just can not have that

[Campion]

Apparently the Catholic church is afraid people will hear the true Word without their baggage added onto it.

I think it's extremely odd that you trust the El Salvadorean government to give people the "true Word".

Why would you ever want to give the government the authority to teach religion? Oh, sure, they're just going to read passages from the Bible. Which passages? From which translation? Who is going to answer any questions about the passages that students pose, and how is he/she going to answer them?

"State churches" generally have not worked out very well, at least not for the church.