Quote by Polly Toynbee
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government – yes, a Labour government – is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. – Polly Toynbee

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Faith
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It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. – Polly Toynbee

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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out – or worse. – Robert Shea

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Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. – Heinrich Heine

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Religion can be both good and bad – it is spirituality that counts. – Pat Buckley

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Religion

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. – Annie Besant

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Religion

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