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pillbinge t1_j80szsg wrote

>Is this an offensive phrase or something?

We are atheists and non religious.

Christians and Jews consider it as taking the Lord's name in vain, which is a commandment from the Old Testament. It's a very big rule, though as always, there can be debate over what it means entirely.

Reddit's shoe is on the other foot, because there are numerous other examples you could find with other religions that would be offensive, but Reddit hates Christians. If a student constantly offered a Muslim student pork, it wouldn't be seen as a neighborly gesture. If a kid kept saying "YHWH" to a Jewish staff member who asked him to stop repeatedly, it would be considered offensive.

But for Reddit, the attitude is "fuck Christians", because many here grew up with that as their background, and it's what they're rebelling against.

Even as a teacher, I wouldn't myself do anything, but see it from the other side: why is your child having so much trouble with one phrase? This shouldn't be a hard lesson in either being mindful or learning about others' differences. And not only saying the phrase, but getting caught, which seems ultra stupid.

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new_Australis OP t1_j81m3u2 wrote

I don't understand the getting caught comment. He now knows he's not supposed to say it in school because his teacher gets upset but it's a common phrase we have always used at home. Just recently within the past month or so it has become an issue at school.

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pillbinge t1_j81vab4 wrote

Kids use foul language. You probably did. I did. They just do this. They say "fuck" when they're together.

The problem, and I think it's relatively new, is when kids don't filter themselves for teachers. Did you know when you were a kid that you could swear and say "fuck" to your friends? Did you also not want to say "fuck" with a teacher even nearby?

It's that.

We can't catch kids like we're Big Brother, but at the same time, kids today don't think they need to have tact. Who's needs Big Brother when they genuinely cannot see differences between community members?

In this case, it's a teacher, so it's pretty fucking stupid to piss off the teacher exactly how they asked your student not to piss them off. Never mind we can tie religiousness into this. If a kid kept drawing Mohammed in front of a teacher, but was simply asked to stop at first, would it not be reasonable to expect that kid to stop? Can't stop him from doing it at home, though it's weird. In this case, you just aren't used to the pushback many have because, again, Reddit is biased toward and hates Christians.

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-Horatio_Alger_Jr- t1_j81qbx3 wrote

So you are teaching intolerance at home and wondering why people outside of your home object to your intolerance?

People of the Christian and Jewish faith do not use the Lord's name in vain, which it what you at teaching at home.

If your child's teacher was Muslim, would you allow your child to draw a picture of Mohammed for that teacher or in the classroom?

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new_Australis OP t1_j825vda wrote

Respectfully, I could give a fuck about your lord and draw mohammed as much as you want.

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ratbas t1_j8116tk wrote

Why is this a "get caught" situation? The kid clearly doesn't know they're doing something wrong (put aside for a second the fact that they're not). How does "getting caught" apply to this situation at all from the kid's perspective?

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