fj_warren ([info]fj_warren) wrote,
@ 2009-06-28 08:59:00
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Current mood: amused

Nimshi? Who he?
Fascinating programme on the radio this morning about the results of a survey on peoples knowledge of the bible.  The strange thing that the survey pointed out was that a considerable number of those asked did have this book in their home but it did not seem to add to their knowledge.  Some of those questioned had no idea which came first - the crucifixion or the resurrection and one person was reported as saying that for Jesus to be crucified on Good Friday was good timing on his part!   Classic!

Oh! . . . . and do you know who Nimshi was? 

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[info]louenn
2009-06-29 06:47 am UTC (link)
This is what happens when they stop teaching about religion properly in schools. There's a half-assed attempt to cover some detail on every single religion instead of a concerted effort to point out the details which are actually relevant to things like public holidays and so on.

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[info]fj_warren
2009-06-29 09:28 am UTC (link)
Actually, that was the point they were making. If you don't know the reason behind the country's cultural events you are at a loss to understand their relevance to way that particular society works or worked.

For instance, and I'm using a non-religious example here, the long summer holiday from school was brought in, not for the benefit of the teachers or children, but because it was predominantly an agricultural society in the days, when universal education was being set up, and the children provided cheap labour on the farms. It was understood that the children would not turn up for school because they and their parents would be out working in the fields. The power of the landed gentry ensured that their cheap labour, which they had relied upon since before the days of serfdom probably, would be available to them at the time they would need it the most! Nowadays, everyone complains that the children have nothing to do from July to September simply because sending them out to lift potatoes or bring in the sheaves is no longer an option. The parents end up spending a small fortune trying to entertain, send to a nursery, summer camp, holiday, etc., their children, who in former years, would have been gainfully, albeit shamefully, employed to add a pittance to their family income!

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