Do you think textbooks are biased with religion?

Question

When I was in high school, the world history textbooks had a lot more to say about Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The only thing they wrote about Hinduism was about the caste system, which gives everyone this negative view. Even the teachers knew more about Islam and Christianity, why?

They twist some things around to make some people look better and justify their actions, like Muslims spreading the religion, they don't mention how Buddhist and Hindu temples were destroyed.

I'm an agnostic

They still teach the Aryan Invasion Theory, which isn't true, debunked

They spend an entire chapter on the holocaust, which is justifiable, but nothing on the massacre in China, it is world history, not just European history

And they don't have much to say on Africa or South America

i am talking about WORLD history, and America was not founded as a Christian country, it was founded by people escaping religious persecution, you have no right to say America is a Christian nation

But all I'm saying is that I've noticed how everything is about Europe, on a map, Europe is in the center with Africa below and Asia to the East, it could be anyway, but most of the time, it's like that, If a country like America is going to intill biases, then there is no hope for countries in the world where freedom and equality are so limited

Yeah, I'm American

Answer 1

Frankly, it's the history people are expected to know in the western world.

That and most people are far to stupid to grasp the importance of what is said already, let along the full deal.

If you want to know all of history you're best off going and finding your own sources and books on the subjects. Once you do you'll see pretty quick, they'd never be able to fit it all into one book.

Anyway, if you think we're bad, read some of the Japanese history text books. They've got our books by a long shot for the bias factor.

Answer 2

Are you an American?

Speaking for myself (Christian), my country was founded by Christians and everything was built or created on Christian principles. The textbooks were based on Christianity because we believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to God and Heaven. Anything man-made is already broken and corrupt; not perfect as was/is Jesus.

Political correctness (a curse) has caused this country to run away from its roots and try to accommodate all people and all cultures. It can't be done. My country used to stand for something...not any more. It makes me sad.

Hope this helps.

God Bless and Merry Christmas!

Answer 3

Textbooks are definitely biased, and this prejudice is based upon what the various states and universities want. Textbook writers and publishers are geared towards sales, not truth and equality. All education systems throughout the world are guilty. The best system of education is self-education where you can pick and choose the books you read to get a well-rounded and honest education.

Answer 4

And they never shed a bad light on an American politician.

School text books are biased against intelligence.

You should see what the second grade reads are printing now a days...

Answer 5

In u.s., faith has a deep and everlasting impression on the great of society - even for the non non secular. regulations have been created because of the fact of non secular agendas (like abortion). For those people who have not any faith, we nonetheless would desire to appreciate and overall performance in a society that has many, some years of ingrained non secular impression - in specific circumstances invisibly, in specific circumstances of course. that's to no longer say that human morality is according to faith, in basic terms that religions have defined and in specific circumstances distorted morality, and tried to make it appear as if an eternal, prevalent element. the great black/white element is very exciting: the two use what's ostensibly the comparable faith to help and substantiate their reasons yet that's in basic terms a appropriate occasion of the mutability of religion - this is in spite of the fact that people % it to be, and the god could be observed as into service any element or case (in basic terms verify out all the athletes that bless themselves - actual god can no longer make all of them win!)

Answer 6

that is what i expect from books in the usa that is because the churches are runing the country with its brainwashed politions it is not like that in the uk religion douse not run this country most people do not go to church and we are harder to brainwash

Answer 7

they include ALL the biases and prejudices of whoever wrote and edited and paid for and published them

often no room left for the truth