This would apply to kids in private, public, and home school settings.
What I mean by a world religion course is that they will be taught in the manner a religious studies course is taught in college. They will be given informative data about the most prominent religions and their beliefs including, but not limited to, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Atheism, and even Satanism (sort of like History of Religions). This would not infringe the separation of church and state because it is being taught from a historical rather than a dogmatic/theological point of view as they do in public universities. I think as citizens of countries that give us wide ranges of options we should be informed about one of the most notorious and influencial ones, religion, so we can best choose the one that suits us.
Aside from fear from having kids think of themselves, which potentially may mean they won't believe as you, I don't see reason why not to implement this. Discuss!
2006-10-29
22:18:08
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