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Old 09-14-2007, 05:14 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Why should elementary schools teach about religion? How much time out of the class day do you propose using to teach this? Who should design the curriculum for elementary school religious studies? Why only those three religions? There are many, many religions. Why not take the time to discuss them all? Why were so many children of different faiths left out when it came time to discuss religion at your children's school? Weren't they marginalized when their faith was not discussed?

My feeling is that the public schools should be kept religion-neutral. I can see a lot of value in an elective comparative religion course in high school, but I believe that parents, not govt, should be responsible for teaching their kids about religion if they choose to do so.

By the way, there are fundies who would have a serious freak-out if anything other than Christianity was taught in school.

I say, leave it to the parents.
You seem absolutely terrified about the whole subject of teaching religion!

I don't have a problem with teaching religions other than those represented in the classroom population. And I don't see why it's such a big deal to work out an agreeable curriculum.

You can try to deny it if you wish, but the fact is that religion plays a huge role in our history and our lives.

It's churlish to pretend that it can be swept under the carpet.