tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post3769839187532744614..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: "Scouts banned from eating burgers and bangers - because of religious beliefs"Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-66391126545434048912007-08-15T20:49:00.000-07:002007-08-15T20:49:00.000-07:00Yeah, when I was involved with Scouting in the '70...Yeah, when I was involved with Scouting in the '70s (in the lower levels) there wasn't any pressure regarding religious beliefs or the lack thereof. Of course, in remote West Texas no one thought twice about swearing to be "reverent" or having "God" in the oath.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1812291041142052312007-08-14T18:30:00.000-07:002007-08-14T18:30:00.000-07:00Well, at the very least ten laptops for 300 modern...Well, at the very least ten laptops for 300 modern, internet-addicted kids might make for an intriguingly Darwinian scenario.<BR/><BR/>As for the atheist thing, I'm married to a former Scout who has never made the slightest pretense of belief and never suffered for it the Scouts. It seems to only be the militants trying to change official policy (one that I don't agree with, either) that actually suffer any kind of consequence in mainstream American Scouting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-26565972593285798592007-08-14T17:20:00.000-07:002007-08-14T17:20:00.000-07:00Of course, here in the states at least, Atheists w...Of course, here in the states at least, Atheists wouldn't be allowed to the BBQ even if they liked their burgers bloody rare! <BR/><BR/>***********************************<BR/><BR/>Having spent a lot of time working with Boy Scouts here, I think that's really oversold. In practice in 99.9% of troops nobody really cares. The use of "God" in the Scout oath can be construed so nebulously that it can mean anything you want, or nothing.<BR/><BR/>I've explained it this way to a number of boys and their parents who were concerned that there was some issue with their not practicing any religion. They all seemed satisified. In my experience both as a Scout and as a leader, it's never seemed that the BSA saw coercing boys into conventional religion as one of its missions. I never had that done to me, have never done it and never seen another Scout leader do it.<BR/><BR/>Public issues with atheists have come about by their feeling that they need to sue the BSA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-40631797038245534302007-08-14T11:42:00.000-07:002007-08-14T11:42:00.000-07:00Of course, here in the states at least, Atheists w...Of course, here in the states at least, Atheists wouldn't be allowed to the BBQ even if they liked their burgers bloody rare!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293693723899837239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-74053152304563992492007-08-14T11:21:00.000-07:002007-08-14T11:21:00.000-07:00Listened to an interview with a bemused children's...Listened to an interview with a bemused children's entertainer this morning: he has been banned from making toy animals out of balloons at children's parties, because of the risk that one of the children might be allergic to latex! <BR/><BR/>There are some interesting things going on, though, with the international jamboree. Not sure what they are, yet. Will muse, while I man. I have wanted to blog about BP for ages. Plus, the expurgated final chapter of "Scouting for Boys" is just pricelessly funny...Pluvialishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215485499944146575noreply@blogger.com