2007-11-23 07:54:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think it belongs in science class but I think Religion should be taught in school and here is why. I think teaching about religion is a must if we are to understand history. Without it history really can't be understood. For example the Bible is the fundamental document in Western history, and little of that history can be understood outside of the trajectory of the religions that were born from it. Certainly, students need to know about world religions. Moreover, most students today, even if they are devout, know little about the history of western religious traditions. That is the amnesia that education needs to work against the most, because you must know your own past before you can adequately understand other traditions. You also have to know something about religion to understand anything about most academic topics. To know anything about American history, for example, Judaism and Christianity are essential subject matter. Could it be that some of our problems with Islamic nations is because we don not understand the basics of that religion? This material must be taught in its full complexity, not just as social and political trends but also as a history of ideas, where what people believe makes a difference.
2007-11-23 08:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same thing that is wrong with the Quran, Book of Mormon, Wiccan Rede, and L Ron Hubbards books being taught in Science Class...they are not science.
2007-11-23 08:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by eiere 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There has been never a problem when in a Muslim Country, Islamiyat(Islamic Studies) is a compulsary subject for all, science, engineering, medicines et al
Non Muslims have an option to study Ethics instead. Some do not, opt for Islamiyat and score very high grades, at the Masters'Level. It is well known that in the Universities of the West, there are non Muslims who are Ph.Ds in Islamiyat. And they are respected for their genuine scholarship.So, there should not be a problem to teach Bible to Science Class in the West
2007-11-23 08:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Works of fiction have no place in a science class.
2007-11-23 08:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Umm.. It isn't science. It would fit better in a mythology class or a class on religions of the world.. but science, no.
2007-11-23 08:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by Tamsin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is not science. It is religion. Religion is not science.
2007-11-23 14:07:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um....it's wrong for the same reason that astrology should not be taught in a music class....content is not applicable.
2007-11-23 08:00:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Science is for fact, not fiction.
2007-11-23 08:00:37 · answer #8 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's not a science book, it could be used as a reference for filling gaps.
Job 39
3Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
2007-11-23 08:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is not science
2007-11-23 07:58:00 · answer #10 · answered by October 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋