JET747

People lets stay focused.

The thread I started was regarding do Catholic schools in Canada need me to make extra payment. This thread from what I remember was regarding admission.

We all have differing views and opinions, and I personally believe that unless you are prepared to take on the faith, or are in it then you should look at other schools - and not deploy your children into something you don't agree with. Somehow we have started spiralling into an argument regarding religious beliefs. I don't feel that this is the place to do so as for every argument raised can be countered by another.

The main point is to try to give facts and ideas based on what the person posting the thread is looking for - so that we can help each other to get closer to our dream move. Religious topics unless taken on by mature people in a air of mutual respect is only going to drag the main point of the thread far from it.

I believe that plenty of answers have been given regards to the original query--may I suggest that if people want to bash each others beliefs that they go to somewhere else and not in threads that people are looking for advice.

God Bless

JET

dbd33

A good reason to get upset would be a sincere belief in a religion other than Catholicism and the lack of a faith based school catering to that religion.

Another would be that, even if it were true that Catholic schools are funded only by Catholic tax payers, those tax payers are not paying their proper share of the cost of public schools. Everyone else pays for those schools, children or not.

triumphguy

Then since the catholic tax payers send their kids to catholic schools, and the non-catholic tax payers send their kids to public school there is still equity.

OMG - just thought - unless those Catholics are breeding like rabbits, then the small non-catholic famies with 1.7 kids are paying for the catholic families with 17 kids!!!!

Novocastrian

In it's other post the user identifies him or herself as "used to be fedupwithwaiting". So, a name change, not a multiple.

Although no-one has bashed catholics and the post is way over the frothiest brink, the point about hypocrisy is not entirely unfounded IMHO.

Yes, I understand that if you are an atheist (like me) then why not cynically take the perceived best available (free) education for your kids? I condemn no-one for that choice, but it's not one I'd take.

dbd33

Again, no one is knocking a specific faith, though some mock all faiths. The issue here is that, given that a minority of Ontario residents are illogically advantaged, whether or not it is justified for non-members of that minority to redress the balance by lying about something of no consequence to them. I say it is.

dbd33

No, there's no equality between the Catholic and, for example, the Jew. The latter pays for the public school and the faith school.

triumphguy

Catholic schools got a historical advantage because most of the population were catholic, and their communities existed before the land they occupied became a territory or a province.

Other faith based communites can, and indeed often do, start their own schools and get public funding: the bottom line is that they comply with the provincial curriculum.

Novocastrian

Nonsense. What's so special about catholics? And why do you stereotype them as having 17 kids?

hwp

... and the non-parent, who pays for all the breeders.

dbd33

What publicly funded faith based school boards, besides Catholic, exist in Ontario?

Souvenir

Isn't the other one still live, though? If it is, the poster should be BANNED.

Souvenir

I think he's using irony.

Don't stereotypes tend to have some basis in fact, even if it's maybe a bit out of date?

Novocastrian

Hmm. It's seems it is still alive. Do you want to report it? I can't be bothered.

Novocastrian

Oh, irony? Banning is too good for him then.

dbd33

Come on, it's just a technical infraction, like claiming to be a Muslim, let it go.