Should we allow teachers who believe there is a God and a Heaven to teach in schools and corrupt young people?

Question

Shouldn't teachers be morally good because it is right, not because they have lost their reason?

Answer 1

If there is no God why do people even care if they are "Morally Good"?

Answer 2

Well, if you are going to allow people who don't believe there is a God to teach and try and tell Christian children that they have lost their reason, then what is the difference. That is a bias and judge mental statement. People are morally good because they choose to be. But some people are also rude because they have no respect for others who do not believe the same way they do. All I can say is, I am glad that some one with your bias and rudeness, never taught any of my family.

Answer 3

Sorry to say but teachers who believe that there is a God has not lost their reason- however in most schools they are not allowed to even mention the name God- however if a teacher is gay and tells the kids to agree with same sex marriages, which I know has happened in my kids school it is ok? Speaking of corrupting young people!! But we have to go along with that, is that fair?

By the way, judge all teachers on their teaching skills not their religious beliefs.

Answer 4

If you want a Godless society go live in China or Russia, this nation was founded on Christian beliefs, Their are plenty of moral-less teachers in our schools all ready now the women are getting into the act of molestation, don't you listen to the news, that was never heard of before now their being arrested right and left for having sex with their students. Some ones beliefs has nothing to do with teaching, First amendment remember, unless they are to corrupt in their person life's, sooner or later it will enter into their professional life. People that don't believe in G-D have lost their reason.

Answer 5

So then do you think that if an atheist is teaching in school, and the subject is math, or physical education, or computer programming, or music, or a foreign language, then do you think that the atheist teacher is going to indoctrinate the students about atheism? Why would you imagine that a person with a religious belief, teaching the same subjects, would indoctrinate students about the existence of God? Besides, there are laws against mixing church and state. Cant you trust a Christian to be able to separate his or her religious fanaticism from the subject, let's say, the subject of music appreciation?

Answer 6

Yeah, well Christians could say the same thing..."We don't want someone who doesn't believe in God and thus doesn't have any morals corrupting our children."

And I'm NOT saying Atheists don't have morals, because I know they do. (Some people falsely assume Atheists can't have morals since they wouldn't learn morals from God.)

I'm simply pointing out how bigoted your opinion is.

Answer 7

There's this whole thing called a first amendment here in the US. It works well. It also means you don't deny someone a job because of their religion.

I don't care how a teacher has come to be moral. In large part I don't even care if they are moral (so long as they aren't a danger to the kids, obviously). How you live your life doesn't affect your ability to teach math.

Answer 8

You can't discriminate on the grounds of religion. The only thing that matters is the quality of their teaching. We atheists have to take the higher ground. We can't let the door swing the other way just because we have been judged and treated unfairly.

Answer 9

The US education system has been broken for almost 150 years. It has nothing to do with religion...

In some supposedly "third world" countries, Differential Calculus is 6th to 8th grade math. Unfortunately, the US probably has less than 1% of the math teachers at that level capable of doing ANY Calculus. Until we get capable teachers and revamp the curricula, especially in mathematics, we are doomed to remain among the poorest countries in the world in our math and sciences education, courses which are essential to many of the "technology jobs" of our current world.

... I very rarely used my mathematics education while working in the "technology sector," but I used the LOGIC that mathematics taught me to solve problems almost continuously.

Answer 10

Teachers should be allowed to believe what they like, just not teach what they like, unless of course it's the true gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.