for the same reason I'm glad that my church has never requested me to factor a quadratic equation.

and is not a matter to be addressed in the public schools. Whose dog does Billo want taught in the schools? I'm sure he would raise "holy" hell if it was the Muslim, Pagan, Buddhist etc god that was taught. And believers in those religions would be rightly upset if it was Billos catholic god that was taught. As an aside, we always had a dailly prayer in the Minneapolis public schools in the 1950s. I don't remember the content at all. However, I became an athiest anyway.

Every student should receive a Pastafarian education.

who only thinks he's god!

Unless they are in an MMO. That's what organize religion teaches - is that if you a "blessed one" you receive miracles.

You make a beautiful life by doing good things, not by spouting off as though you believe the religion of the week, or the "faith" of the week.

Feel free to pray for me while I believe this. I'll benefit from the prayer if it is ever proved true, and you can benefit from the practice. Better yet, practice the real tenets of religion, which were always guidelines of how to be a good person, not a textbook on how to dominate others through self-righteousness.

Lieber Gott, Steh mir bei, dass ich brav und fleissig sei.

Which means:

Dear God, Stand by me so that I will be well-behaved and hard-working.

Great prayer -- from the teacher's point of view.

I don't think it hurt my kids one bit, but that prayer was clearly about control -- not a bad thing in a classroom of seven-year-olds.

And that is what O'Reilly is about -- wanting to control others or more accurately, wanting to push other people around.

And, of course, the average age and education of his viewers -- probably around seven years old. Maybe a few nine- or ten-year-olds, but they are definitely in the minority.

That's depressing. Even people who practice a religion usually have some doubt. To not have any would indicate a lack of thought.

Those were religious messages in his growing days. Or how about that women should submit to their husbands? Another religious message of that era.

There are a whole lot of "messages" from that day and age that should NEVER have been socially acceptable - but they were and I'm damn glad that time is behind us.