Why is the world having such a hard time with God, being put in schools.?

Answer 1

Public school is not the place for God & religion to be taught or even presented. How would the decision be made regarding exactly which religion should be presented? It would be impossible to represent every religion in our country in our schools. If you are going to do that, it would only be fair to represent athiests as well. Think of it this way, would a Catholic family be happy if their childred are being taught Jewish beliefs and vice-versa?

There are alternatives for people who choose to have their children educated in a religious setting. If that is something that is important to people they should use those options as opposed to trying to force their beliefs on people who do not share them.

Answer 2

There are a lot of different answers for this, so I'll try and clear as many of them as I can for you.

1) Tradition: Our country was founded by groups of people, some of which were fleeing religious persecution. In fear of our own country becoming the way that those they were fleeing had been, our founders wanted to attempt to keep religion out of all facets of the government. This was not to say that God would have to be kept out, but that has become the stance on separation of church and state as it is now.

2) Resentment: Many people feel resentment toward the "christian majority" in the U.S., and around the world. As such, being that the references to God in the U.S. are almost completely pulled from various christian sects, many people feel that referring to God in public places, not just schools, is biased and/or cultralist. Many people even go so far as to say that we are technically a Theocracy, though this is completely false, some people feel that way.

3) Fear: In the time we live in, people are afraid of virtually everything that exists. One of those things is fear of not being liked by everyone. Political correctness in the U.S. currently involves not bringing God into any situation, unless God is the subject to begin with. In the case of schools, many people feel it is faux pas to even talk about God, simply because they are afraid they could offend someone. Also, fear of persecution, related very much to #1 above, also is included here.

4) Misinterpretation: The separation of Church and State may or may not have originally been intended to mean something other than what it means to us today. The fact is though, that we have distorted whatever original meaning it had into what it is now, which means that no facility, service, or company that is even remotely related to the government can have anything related to ANY religion involved in it. Town halls have had signs taken down that had scripture on them. Schools can no longer have prayers... the list goes on. The point here, though, is that it is POSSIBLE that this is all because of misinterpretation to begin with.

There are other reasons as well... but I'm at work and I've been at this too long, heh.

Answer 3

Because it is against the Constiution. The right that gives people the right to believe the way the want to. The seperation between church and state. I think people also should not shun those who wish not to say the Pledge of Alligiance in school either, in fact I think the school systems should not even be allowed this whereas it says Under God- but it has been the beginning of each school day as long as I can remember and proably won't change. Don't get me wrong- I also think that if the school systems did put religion oriented classes into the system, then parents would be able to control whether or not thier child(ren) go to those classes-- However if they are to put religion into the school systems they need to put all religions into it--First Nations, Catholic, Protestian, Buddism, Jewish, etc.......

Answer 4

Not everyone actually believes in God these days, but a lot of people do know or have heard of Him. The problem is that a few parents complain about taking God out of school and out of politics. And those few people get exactly what they want. Nobody wants to upset any one. But for those of us who do believe and know that there is God, we should stand up and let the schools know that it should stay there. Anyways it has always been there since this country was invaded, might as well keep it there. I am christian, but I also wouldn't mind other people sharing their beliefs as well. I don't think that just one religion is correct in every way and has all the correct answers.

Answer 5

Because the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution mandates "a wall of separation" between church and state.

In order for our country to be truly free, our state-funded schools cannot be teaching about God...it imposes upon the rights of those who do not believe or believe in a different higher power. We are very lucky to have this freedom. For those who want religion in schools, there have always been private schools that teach according to a specific belief system.

A question: if the overwhelming religion in the U.S. was Judiasm and you were a Christian, how would you feel if you were made to read the Torah and learn Hebrew?

Answer 6

Because, unfortunatly, people have nothing better to do than disagree with everything that has been in our lives for longer than we know. Why can't the people who don't like god make there own non-religous school? STOP pushing your beliefs/problems on the people who have been fine with the situation this whole time. Do you see religous schools recruting people on the streets, pickiting, going to court? No. If the people want to goto a school like that they should be able to. If I was the Judge in the Supreme Court case where that guy didn't want the Pledge of Aligiance said in school, I would have told him to get alife and if you don't like it go away! Few...I feel better...Great question!

Ok I sound a little hostile... sorry, but there are plenty of schools. If I didn't believe in a catholic school...why would I go there? People should choose what is best for THEM. But remeber, we live in America. You are choosing to live here. We like it obviously, thats why were are here. If you don't, maybe America isn't the right place for you. I don't like certian citys so I don't live there... know what I mean?

Answer 7

God should not be put into public schools.
This was one of the principles given to us by our founding fathers. It is even outlined in the Establshment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It has been backed up by legislature and Presidents and is one of the key points in a democracy.
You cannot force a religion onto the population. If a school is public every religion must be accepted. If you want your god in school, go to a private school where she can be studied.

Answer 8

Parents are very involved with the beliefs of their kids. They don't want the government telling them what to believe, and they know that things that are taught in school are "accepted" by kids as fact.

That's why creationists don't like evolution being taught in school. And that is why most modern people recognize that teaching "intelligent design" becomes a problem. Atheists don't want God taught at all... Believers don't want an idea of God different from their own taught...

Answer 9

Because, while most religions have the same fundamental message, the differences in practice and attitude make teaching about God in school exclusionary to someone, no matter which version of omnipotence you pick. Better to avoid the subject than try to figure out a way to water it down for everybody's pallet.

Answer 10

Because PUBLIC schools are government run, and therefore cannot teach a certain religious belief because then the GOVERNMENT is teaching a certain religion, which goes against the separation of church and state. While they can teach ABOUT different religions, including Christianity, they cannot endorse it, even if nearly 85% of the students and teachers follow that religion.