{"id":20471,"date":"2013-10-14T23:05:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T03:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=20471"},"modified":"2013-10-14T23:05:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T03:05:34","slug":"christianity-replaced-by-spiritual-animators-in-quebec-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/christianity-replaced-by-spiritual-animators-in-quebec-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Christianity replaced by &#8220;spiritual animators&#8221; in Quebec schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are &#8220;spiritual animators\u201d, you may be wondering: Cartooning nuns? Creators of pious zombies? Bishops attempting to resuscitate the Anglican Church of Canada? None of the aforementioned; they are what you are left with when you eradicate Christianity from the schools.<\/p>\n<p>Read it all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnewsnetwork.ca\/sunnews\/politics\/archives\/2013\/10\/20131014-080222.html\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Catholic and Protestant instruction was removed from Quebec schools more than 15 years ago but nuns and priests are now replaced by &#8220;spiritual community animators,&#8221; some of whom lead students in meditation and rhythmic breathing sessions.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026.]<\/p>\n<p>QUEBEC &#8220;SPIRITUAL LIFE&#8221; GUIDELINES (SELECTED)<br \/>\n&#8211; To find one&#8217;s inner source, the thirst for life<br \/>\n&#8211; Situate one&#8217;s life in relation to time, space and the absolute<br \/>\n&#8211; Become familiar with interiority, silence and meditation<br \/>\n&#8211; To be aware of one&#8217;s inner life, one&#8217;s spiritual dimension<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Seek the meaning of life through others &#8230; &#8220;through nature, science, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>QUEBEC RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY GUILDELINES<br \/>\n&#8211; Spiritual animators &#8220;serve as a defence against indoctrination and fundamentalist thinking&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Religious activities are &#8220;not organized very often&#8221; and only in &#8220;exceptional&#8221; circumstances&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Must have &#8220;educational usefulness&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Religious activities can&#8217;t &#8220;impose ideas and practices&#8221; on students<br \/>\n&#8211; Can&#8217;t present a belief as &#8220;superior to another or necessary for self-fulfilment&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Cannot be a &#8220;structured program whose specific goal is to develop a faith&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are &#8220;spiritual animators\u201d, you may be wondering: Cartooning nuns? Creators of pious zombies? Bishops attempting to resuscitate the Anglican Church of Canada? None of the aforementioned; they are what you are left with when you eradicate Christianity from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/christianity-replaced-by-spiritual-animators-in-quebec-schools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[2081,2225],"class_list":["post-20471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-and-culture","tag-christianity-and-culture","tag-political-correctness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}