There are many many wonderful religions that teach about the creation of the world. Should they also be allowed time to share their believes about how the world was created, about the creation of man?
Should the person who believes a flying spaghetti monster created the world, should his view be given time? It's his religion, his believe.
2006-06-30 05:43:34 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, Jim! I want to meet that flying spaghetti monster! Did I miss him again? The meatballs were bouncing all over the place and I looked for him, too, but he was gone. Or did someone eat him. Did you eat him, Jim? Tell me you didn't.... The Creation story has been around alot longer than the Evolution story...whether we agree with these two shouldn't make any difference...they should get equal time so people have a chance to make up their own minds. Elevating either one over the other is not what it's about...is it that you can't trust kids to choose your way? You probably say it's religion...it's not. Just like when it told of the planets in space when men thought the world was flat...Someone may know a little more than you. Just because it's written in a book and not in fossils shouldn't blind you to the fact that someone had to know, and then told the writers. Anyway, I'm not that worried about it. I don't fight over it, I just fight over the abusive treatment that flies around. So, if other religions want to say their thing, great. Maybe they should have a special course for the ideas over the origin of man...maybe the kids can act each one out and have a good time doing it. What is the threat??? I don't get it...
2006-06-30 17:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by novalee 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, a good christian apparently thinks that theirs is the only "real" religion. If you ask them if world was created in 6 days, 5000 years ago and the dinausaurs were just put there by the devil to fool people, they will agree. If you ask them if the world is a disk resting on a turtles back or any of the other colorful myths out there, they will call you an idiot.
Christians don't seem to realize that their religion is a mythology. They think that their religion is a science. Like the Buddhists say, "The problem with Yahweh is that he thinks he exists."
Brad wrote:
"islam, judaism, christianity all have similar creation accounts, who else has a different one? just wondering?"
Maybe if you had had a more rounded education, you'd find that there are other creation myths than those of the 3 Abrahamic religions.
2006-06-30 05:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by ksjazzguitar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must teach age old theories to the modern generation so that they can be put 2000 years back. Can't you, the so called religious people, think about using brains of the younger generations for further advancements? Religion is not the perfect proof about the creation of world.
2006-06-30 05:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Genesis specifically should be taught in schools. I'm a Christian, but most religions believe in the same basic Creation story - one God brought everything from nothing. So I think Creation should be taught, but I don't think it should be specific to any one religion, unless you're giving examples that are specific, and then I think other religions should be included in discussion.
2006-06-30 05:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by Julia L. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is that Christianity must be as commonly accepted as evolution around the world. If you're going to teach one, you should teach the other.
And a flying spaghetti monster is the figment of someone's imagination, not evidence of anything life changing
2006-06-30 05:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by trace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Yes, I believe it should. 2. It should be taught alongside evolution. 3. I was taught every creation story from every faith other than Christianity. That is not fair. I have no problem with being taught how some faiths believe the earth is being held up by giant elephants, go on and teach it. My reasoning? Children should be given different options to what to believe.
2016-03-26 23:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by Jean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Timothy 6: 1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God's name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2 Those who have believing masters are not to show less respect for them because they are brothers. Instead, they are to serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers, and dear to them. These are the things you are to teach and urge on them.
James 1: 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
3 If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4 he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5 and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
2006-06-30 11:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by Pervy_Pirate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I do believe in freedom of speech and freedom of religion,I find it utterly ridiculous that anything other than Christian beliefs would be taught to the children.Why,you ask? Because this country was founded by Christians.True,many other sects have come to call the U.S. home,but since Christians founded it ,we should only teach Christianity. Sadly,we can't even do that any longer without repercussions..
2006-06-30 08:59:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in Brooklyn. All religions were taught in Public School, in World History. So was Evolution, taught in Science. Today, I have learned that they should not be separated. We can learn a lot about "Mankind" if we stay open minded.
Peace and Love
2006-06-30 05:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by digilook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last year I studied every major religion EXCEPT Christianity. And this is my public junior highschool. We studied everything from Islam to Ba'hai to Zoroastrianism. We learned the basic beliefs of every religion except Christianity. So I don't think the basics of Christianity should be taught in schools, period. But I do think that Christianity should be taught if other religion's beliefs are taught. I hope that helps answer your question.
2006-06-30 05:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋