To people who want religion taught in schools:?

Question

Does this concept extend only to Christianity?

Because if you want religion taught in public schools, then you have to accommodate all the Muslim, Jewish, Pagan, Wiccan, Hindu, Buddhist, etc. students who might be attending the school.

So now, you would need a teacher for each class, raising costs of running the schools, which raises taxes for the community.

So is it REALLY such a good idea to push for religion to be taught in public schools?

Riegan: You're welcome. I've been here long enough to grasp that they are two different concepts.

Answer 1

I think religion should be taught as a component of history. All religions should be. And they should be taught in the same way you would teach that humans used to believe the earth was flat.

Answer 2

Well, I don't want it taught there in the first place. But with our schools struggling to keep textbooks and other materials in our classrooms I say definitely not.

There are many resources outside of our schools (including college) where kids can learn about religions. That way it would be on an elective basis, and not covered by our tax dollars.

Answer 3

Public school teaches many, many facts and deals with a lot of history. In English classes, we learn about past authors, todays authors, and learn the best of both worlds. In science we learn about space, then and now, the planet, then and now, and evolution, then and now. We learn about things that have evidence to support their claim - especially in science.

If you want to learn about your religion in school, go to s Church youth group, many churches of all faiths offer them now, so young people will be more inclined to want to learn about the bible and embrace their faith - but don't fill our public schools with it as well.

When evolution is taught, nobody's saying, "This is how it is." You can take some notes and pass the quizzes and get over the chapter. Evolution, whether you believe it or not, has a lot of evidence to support it, and it's part of history. It covers adaptation, mutation, and explains how some animals are the way they are today.

Answer 4

I'm a christian, and the last thing I want taught in school is religion. They have enough trouble teaching reading, science, and math, and they screw up that.

I do think that intelligent design should be taught along with evolution, since they are both unproven theories, and they both have merit. And intelligent design doesn't need to be connected to any one religion, or any religion.

Answer 5

I distinctly recall studying the Greek myths in school. I see no reason at all why the Christian, Muslim or Hindu myths could not also be taught in school. Any could be taught in a class about myths.

Answer 6

I'm OK with it as long as more than Christianity can be taught. Though I don't agree with the tenets of other religions, it would not be constitutionally fair to teach one but not the others.

Answer 7

I think that religion should be taught in schools. Not the religious dogma that any particular religion spouts but pure comparitive religion along with critical thinking.

What caused me to become an atheist was real critical thinking and passion about finding the truth about what religion means for the world and myself. I feel that the sooner that is done the sooner people will see that religion is nonsense that is actually more harmful to the human condition than any other social institution.

Answer 8

And, let's NOT forget The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Ra-men, my fellow Pastafarians!

Answer 9

In our public school, I will in no way name it. We have a Bible History class. These classes have begun this year and are designed to teach only the Historical parts of the Bible. The writings, time lines, archaeological history and so on. No doctrine is permitted to be taught.

For the past few years our kids HAD to study Islam and it did make allot of us parents mad. But to our avail it paid off.

If a THEORY like evolution can be so openly taught as facts with only faulty evidence to support their already crumbling foundation, then surely it is a righteous thing to allow History to be taught when it is not only validated by the latest archaeological digs but the Bible itself.

Answer 10

i agree not everyone in this world is a christian there are other religions out there that people worship religion should be done at home and if you still don't believe in that religion that's fine as well fine what's right for you not society