Lego as religious propaganda
OK, so I'm a secondary school Religious Studies teacher. For the record (though it really shouldn't matter) I would describe my personal religious belief as broadly atheist with a hint of agnosticism.

In my first school during my first year teaching I had a girl in my tutor group who I also taught for RS (amongst the other Humanities subjects). When parents' evening arrived, it became quite clear that this girl's father was what I would describe as an evangelical atheist. To the point where he had a large black and yellow tattoo running down the length of his forearm saying "ATHEIST" in big capital letters. He grilled me repeatedly on my religious beliefs, and didn't seem bothered about discussing how she was settling into Year 7, or getting on in the FOUR other subjects I taught her for. He left satisfied that I wasn't some kind of religious nut and, being broadly atheist myself, not going to be in the process of filling his daughter's head with "propaganda."

All went fine, until a couple of months down the line, when we were doing the story of Moses. I used RS teacher staple resource "The Brick Testament", a fab website that has dioramas of Bible stories in Lego with all the fabulous gory, sexy, violent Old Testament bits left in, and set the kids a homework to re-cap the story on the website for themselves at home.

Shortly after, the school received a long, ranting letter from aforementioned parent stating he was withdrawing his daughter from my RS lessons, as I had "promoted religion through use of a children's toy." I mean, come on. Seriously? I just thought it would be a nicer way for the kids to engage with the story than reading the KJV Bible! Well, us Humanities teachers had a right good laugh about it! xx
( lucifer101, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 19:12, 10 replies)

If you think a Lego pastiche is more educative than the King James Bible then you shouldn't be allowed near children in any context.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 19:15, closed)

^Something along these lines^

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 20:03, closed)

I believe this with all my heart
and that's why I kill the gays, believe disabled children should be euthanized and never ever ever wear mixed fibre clothes.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 25 Oct 2013, 9:47, closed)

To be fair...
...He didn't say it was more educative (educational?), just that it was a 'nicer way for the kids to engage with the story'
( TheMattInAHat has a particular... odour..., Fri 25 Oct 2013, 20:02, closed)

Thanks....
......but I go by the name "Miss" xx
( lucifer101, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 21:05, closed)

Haha, what an idiot
The Brick Testament does a fine job of showing up just how ludicrous the Bible is, any halfway clued-up atheist would have shown it to his kids already
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 19:17, closed)

Exactly!
It's the sex, nudity, violence and cursing film style ratings on each story that really gives it away.... xx
( lucifer101, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 19:28, closed)

Not seen that before.
Old Testament God is a right laugh.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 24 Oct 2013, 20:02, closed)

You're really just upset that you're not allowed to burn him at the stake for heresy these days.
Just admit it.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 25 Oct 2013, 8:08, closed)

A former colleauge of mine is a Catholic priest
He's retired now, but his pet hate was Baptists and Methodists.....anyone else was fine! He was always condemning them to hell xx
( lucifer101, Fri 25 Oct 2013, 21:06, closed)