Come join us for tea and discussion in the Dogwood room in the IMU this week. Russell’s Tea Parties are SAIU’s periodic general-purpose casual meetups, named after Bertrand Russell’s ‘teapot’ thought experiment, his argument that the burden of proof in supernatural claims lies with the person making the claim.

Come, drink tea, tell us about your religious and non-religious experiences, start a friendly debate, discuss current events, find other members with common interests, start a group project, or even go totally off-topic for a while.

This week’s topic is the separation of Church and state. I’m sure that most (if not all of our members) agree that religion should be kept out of laws and politics. It’s in the Constitution, for Pete’s sake. An interesting question is where do we draw that line. Take prayer in public school. Is it wrong if a public high school does not allow prayer during homeroom before classes? According to the First Amendment, it is, but endorsing prayer in school seems to also be against the first amendment since teachers usually promote one religion over another. Either way, it’s an interesting topic and I’d like to know what your opinions on it are.

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