Originally Posted by juroara
what does separation of church and state have anything to do with learning about religion at school?
we already learn about religion at school every time we learn about different cultures
how is learning about different religions any more useless than learning about past and extinct cultures? religion still has a historical value, and is a necessary cornerstone in light of how cultures have developed. you can't understand one without the other
if you hate religion so much you are offended learning about it, thats your problem. And seriously, A SAD PROBLEM. Get over it!
I enjoyed learning about the egyptians, the mayans, and the greeks! It would have been nicer however, to learn about these cultures from the most unbiased point of view, not tainted by the white christian. For example.....greek mythology. Clearly white man christian terminology!
Can you imagine how different high school would be, if all students knew about all major religions. Do you realize what an impact that would be on the bible belt? There is nothing illegal about schools teaching religion. But according to the american as I understand it, it has to be unbiased. And teach them all. Even agnosticm, atheisticm. TEACH THEM ALL.
Wouldnt that be best? To learn the truth on how diverse religion actually is? Wouldn't a few bubbles burst?
Do you know how many christians out there, that think hindus are pagans?
Please read my revised response instigated by Exo.
If you're talking about histories of religions and vaguely what they believe in, then you should know that they already teach that in highschool. I do know about major religions, I also know about other religions that weren't quite so great. I know of Christianity and quite a few of its sects, Judaism, Islam and its sects, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism (which is my favorite by far), Greek polytheism, Roman polytheism, Egyptian polytheism, Norse polytheism, Hinduism, and vaguely about the Native American beliefs (which includes all peoples native to the Americas before the white man came). All of this has been taught to me in public school. I find quite a bit of it interesting.
if you hate religion so much you are offended learning about it, thats your problem. And seriously, A SAD PROBLEM. Get over it!
I've taught myself about the Druids, Mormonism, Scientology, Satanism, and expanded my knowledge of Buddhism in my spare time. You know, the stuff I was interested in hearing about that they didn't talk about so much in school.
I assumed you already knew they taught about religion in schools so long as it ties into history/geography and that you were for teaching about religion's more intricate practices. That, I would argue with you, IS useless.
And why do you say the term "Greek Mythology" is White man Christian terminology? Personally, I look at nearly all of religion as mythology.
Originally Posted by Alextanium
Religion is already an elective in a lot of schools across the western world. Forcing it on people as part of the curriculum means we're taking time away from WORTHWHILE subjects to focus on 'fairytales of the world'.
No thanks. Keep it in chuch and in the history classes. It doesnt need a subject of its own.
Really? What exactly is involved in the curriculum of these electives?
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