Ok, most of the High Schools I saw in my hometown only had Catholic Seminary classes available as electives. My question is, why stop there? Why not have Wiccan or Druidic classes as well? Why can't we have an Islamic Studies course available as well?
2007-01-31 08:08:37 · 10 answers · asked by lavos1412 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nice idea, maybe this way ppl will learn the truth about Islam rather than getting it wrong from the media.
2007-01-31 08:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by sweet angel 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not that the schools are supporting a particular religion, but giving students the choice to pursue their own things. Typically these classes can't be taught on school grounds and are supported by the religion. If there was a big enough desire and support in the religion for a Wiccan or Islam (whatever religion) release time class, then I'm sure they could do it, especially if they are alredy allowing kids to leave to study Catholicism. It's not that anyone is being discriminatory, it's just up to the religion.
2007-01-31 16:19:15 · answer #2 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get where you're coming from.. but since when did Wicca have a monocentric leader or belief system? Which version of Wicca and where is there an official Wiccan seminary(ULC doesn't count).
How about Druidry? Is there one central Druid "church"?
Pagans and Wiccans have very differing beliefs on many things, and that's cool.. so which one do you suggest we teach?
The Catholic church is a monocentric belief system with a papal system that defines its beliefs.
I think the point is that it's easier to teach something from that perspective than it is to choose which witch is which, if you will.
2007-01-31 16:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the UK, we do! It's not elective though, it's compulsory, from around 8 years of age, up until the age of 14. During these years, you learn about many different religions. And then, from 14-16 you can choose to study Judaism and Christianity in depth electively, but you HAVE to take lessons in morality perpectives - how different religions deal with issues like Abortion, divorce, war etc. It's a good system.
2007-01-31 16:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Pebbles 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot of it has to do with supply and demand. My high school has Mormon seminary classes available and none for other religions.
Another reason why it's important to keep religion out of schools. Because the christians have to realize that they might be bringing JESUS into Texas schools, but they'd also bringing ALLAH into some Detroit area schools.
Can't have your cake and eat it too.
2007-01-31 16:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Are you kidding me.....It has to be Catholic classes, the first christian religon ...Did the early Christians have the Bible as we know it? No. The Bible as a whole was not compiled until the late 4th century and then it was compiled by a Catholic saint (St. Jerome) at the request of a Catholic pope (St. Damasus I).......get the truth first, then maybe investigate others....
But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name [of Jesus Christ] in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy of God, and hold opinions contrary to the doctrine of Christ, to their own destruction, and that of those who give credit to them, whom you must avoid as ye would wild beasts. For there are some vain talkers and deceivers, not Christians, but Christ-betrayers, bearing about the name of Christ in deceit, and 'corrupting the Word' of the Gospel; while they intermix the poison of their deceit with their persuasive talk, as if they mingled aconite with sweet wine, that so he who drinks, being deceived in his taste by the very great sweetness of the draught, may incautiously meet with his death. If any man follows him that makes a schism in the Church, he shall not inherit the kingdom of God. If any one walks according to a strange opinion, he agrees not with the passion [of Christ.].” St. Ignatius of Antioch ("Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D.)
>>>>"Tell me, I pray, if any Jew or pagan denied the Creed of the Catholic faith, should you think that we ought to listen to him? Most certainly not. What if a heretic or an apostate does the same? Still less should we listen to him, for it is worse for a man to forsake the truth which he has known, than to deny it without ever having known it." St. John Cassian ("On The Incarnation," early 5th century A.D.)
2007-01-31 16:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I wish we had those here to..
or at least WORLD RELGIONS
our town.. is ruled by christian and catholics.
2007-01-31 16:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As soon as they ok Christian studies too.
Catholic is not Christian.
2007-01-31 16:12:31 · answer #8 · answered by free 1 indeed 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
funding
2007-01-31 16:13:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fair is fair... they should.
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2007-01-31 16:12:38 · answer #10 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋