I get what you are saying. I see that you were downvoted. I am anti-death penalty but then when we have extreme cases of human depravity like Hitler I think perhaps the death penalty would be appropriate in those cases. But then again does it make them a martyr to their followers and foster more of their ideology?

That is their plan. I started years ago as referring to these people as anti-christian as they sure as hell don't follow Christ.

>Our kids need to be able to learn to think for themselves and not be told how to think and feel.

That's funny coming from the type of parents who file these lawsuits.

And they don't want morality taught in school yet they want the bible taught. I'm just confused. lol

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But teaching kindness, compassion, empathy, honesty, etc is biblical lol It's the actual teaching of Christ. It's a shame I know that and yet I am not Christian, but then again I have actually read the bible unlike them.

>“I have the right to teach them respect,” the parent wrote. “Again, not everyone deserves respect, empathy, honesty, kindness etc. from my children.”

People who treat others without kindness, empathy, and compassion are often miserable people. They compound their misery because of how they treat others. Think of when you hate someone and how it actually makes you feel at that time. Yes, hate is a normal human emotion, but most of us can not focus our hateful feeling for another 24/7 so we get a reprieve. These people live off hate, which I just could not fathom. And if that group of people they hate were to disappear they move on to hate another group.

I am not Christian,(I am a Buddhist) but I do know that Christ's message was one of kindness, love, honesty, empathy, and respect. These people are not Christian as they do not follow Christ's teachings.

Galatians 5:19-21

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

So basically according to their own Bible, the one they love to quote so much they will not be inheriting the Kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

This just blows my mind on a daily basis and I find myself also asking what kind of world we live in. My own teenage son was raised to be kind, compassionate, and empathetic, I couldn't imagine why a parent wouldn't want that for their own child.