Scout Promise

[shillelagh]

The scouts have been going for over 100 years so why ask them now to change their promise?

Human rights watchdog investigates 'discrimination' of Scout promise to God | the Daily Mail

I took the brownie guide promise when i was 7 and the Guide promise when i was 22, took the scout promise when i was 18 when i became a leader. The only time i really did go to church was when i was confirmed and mum made me go to church for a year without fail, since then i hardly ever go in fact the last time i was in a church was for a christening last June and the time before that was mums funeral. I know someone who took that promise at the age of 7 at the same time as me and has never stepped foot in a church except for the hatch, match and despatch services. It didnt stop her from making the brownie promise so why say they are discriminating against kids who dont believe in god

[blazey]

I was a girl guide.

[steeljack]

utter nonsense , its probably the only place in the UK where a youngster gets the chance to learn the words to the National anthem (all verses ) and is taught how to adjust his woggle

[blazey]

Originally Posted by steeljack

utter nonsense , its probably the only place in the UK where a youngster gets the chance to learn the words to the National anthem (all verses ) and is taught how to adjust his woggle

Lol woggles, I wish I could remember how to make them.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by blazey

Lol woggles, I wish I could remember how to make them.

it's was part of the Cub Scout oath that little girls were not allowed to touch a woggle.

[West Ender]

I've never heard of a child who refused to say the promise, no matter what their religious views. My grandson was a Scout and my granddaughter is a Brownie, though neither of them has been christened. My daughter is Brown Owl of 5th Lymm Methodist Brownies although she is, in fact, an atheist. She has to go to church for certain occasions like Remembrance Day and Mothering Sunday but she looks on it as ceremonial and commemorative, not religious.

This is another load of P C nonsense if you ask me.

[MargaretR]

As children we were co-erced into reciting such promises because it made the 'grown ups' feel that they were doing their rightous duty to raise their children 'properly'

Who on here signed the Methodist pledge and kept it?

[garinda]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Who on here signed the Methodist pledge and kept it?

Not me, but the man who made your wedding cake did.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by garinda

Not me, but the man who made your wedding cake did.

Your grandad's baking skills were commended by all who ate it.
(even though it would have been even better with a bit of brandy added )

[garinda]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Your grandad's baking skills were commended by all who ate it.
(even though it would have been even better with a bit of brandy added )

Lol.

He never even went in a pub, nevermind sloshing spirits in his cakes.

[Mick]

I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God and to the Queen
To help other People
and to keep the Scout law
dib dib,
well something like that it was 40 years ago

[grannyclaret]

Originally Posted by mick

I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God and to the Queen
To help other People
and to keep the Scout law
dib dib,
well something like that it was 40 years ago

yep i was a girl guide too....same promise...........

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by mick

well something like that it was 40 years ago

And the rest!!!!

[ANNE]

I was a Brownie and a giude but didn't attend guides long I met Mick and he led me astray lol.

[ANNE]

I promise that i will do my best.
To do my duty to God and the Queen.
To help other people and keep the Brownie guide law.
Mick you missed a dib off there.