And do you believe you think if we taught ALL religions in schools, Christianity, Paganism, Judaism, Asatruism, Islam, the millions upon millions of branches of these religions and others, including the tribal religions of all countries, our children wouldn't have any time to learn the basics?
2007-06-02 10:26:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Philosopher Daniel C. Dennett makes a great case for teaching all religions, all the good, all the bad, all the myths, etc in school.
His point is that if a religion can thrive in a society were kids apply thorough intellectual scrutiny to all relgious beliefs, then it must be OK. Only he says it better than I do.
I happen to agree with him, but I don't think there is enough room in currnent school cirriclum to make it required. What could be taken out? And how do you prevent the abuse of relgious teaching, some back door indoctrination by a fundamentalist teacher?
2007-06-02 10:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Religion should not be taught at all in government schools. It is the job of the parent to instill religion and morals not a school. If it is a privet religious school, that's different but public schools should stay out of religion.
If it starts teaching religion then all the religions of the world need to be touched on with equal time and energy. I agree that there is not enough time in the day to teach all the religions and the things that a school should teach, therefor I go back to my first statement.
2007-06-03 17:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When our children are once again considered some of the most educated in the world, then perhaps we could consider it. But right now we have more important things to work on. In the city where I live, we have a 50% drop out rate. We lag seriously behind other developed countries in math and science. Many high school students do not know how to write properly in English. I personally know of two high school graduates who did not know how to read a tape measure. Neither of them know how to add and subtract fractions either. I also know of two other high school graduates who have a second grade reading level at best.
Our government schools are failing miserably. Let's first fix our current problems then we can see if there's time to add any elective courses.
2007-06-03 14:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 08:08:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely NOT.
There are too many religions and spiritual beliefs as it is.
Imagine the confusion and intolerance that would surface among not only the students but also the parents.
Religion as a subject should not be of top priority because there are just too many other subjects to be learned.
ALL RELIGIONS??? No, No and No!!!
In my country, the main religions are taught as a subject but it is up to the students whether to attend or not.
That should be the method, don't you think?
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2007-06-02 22:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by winterlotus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religions should be taught only in a historicaly useful context outside of a religious setting. If students are learning about Israel, teach them some basics of Judiasm. The founding of America did involve Christian theology. One cannot white-wash history to remove religion, and likewise, it would be foolish and difficult to study all religions deeply in a secular setting.
2007-06-04 12:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by shadyshinobi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, I don't believe that any type of religion should be taught in public schools or a part of our government.
Secondly, if they do teach one, then they must teach all and no that wouldn't leave any time for much of anything else like math, science, history, english....
2007-06-02 14:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by meg3f 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that religion should be taught in schools. i think that education should be non-prejudiced, and I am sorry, but it is impossible to teach religion without also teaching some sort of prejudice.
On the other hand, i do think that all holidays should be celebrated in schools. Even if they do have a religious base, I think that kids in schools should celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and all that. If parents choose to remove their child for that day, cool. I think that if we learn about religions in a celebratory way, it would knock down a lot of walls.
2007-06-02 10:36:24 · answer #8 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps they should... but on the other hand, they shouldn't. It really depends on WHAT exactly is taught as it shouldn't be biased.
Some countries do teach it in schools but are biased to suit a particular view of certain religious ideas.
I'm all okay and agree with with teaching religion in schools but they should be allowing students to have a freedom of thought and encourage critical thinking/introspection in order to find out for themselves what they should really believe in or practice.
2007-06-02 10:46:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
not a good idea. there will be chaos and confusion. let the children concentrate on their academics and leave the religion to their parents if they are young enough to decide for themselves. the adults can't even handle the arguments and discussions about religion in a peaceful manner. so what kind of good example are we really trying to portray to our children and the society.
2007-06-02 12:55:44 · answer #10 · answered by Lola 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋