Is Christendom the Canadian religion? Does any one else feel that this has no place in our schools.?

Question

IT shouldn't be that any religion is the national religion especially in such a diverse country as canada. but yet for a school field trip my sons class is going to learn about a historical victorian christmas. I don't appreciate the PUBLIC school system being an avenue to stuff religion down my sons throat!!!! IF I wanted him to learn his religion in school i would have put him in a catholic school.
Does anyone else feel that his has no place in our schools which are supposed to be an eduactional platform TOLERANT of all ethnics and creeds and children with various religious backgrounds. My point made. Any comments?

Nothing wrong with learning about religion but it is the parents place to teach it not the schools! I don't need them budding in teaching the religion of whos choice not mine that is for sure. GOvernment is over stepping here.

Answer 1

Yes i completly agree with you, religion has no place in government funded schools, religion should be reserved for private schools. unless you part of another religion, what is wrong with letting your son learn about religion? You have to believe in something don't you? that is if you are an atheist. But if you are a jew, muslim, buddhist, shinto, whatever, then it certainly is not the right school for you.

Answer 2

There's a big difference between learning about religion and efforts made to convert people to a particular religion. If this field trip is simply going to show the students what things were like 100+ years ago, what's the big deal? Are certain aspects of our societal/cultural history to be ignored because they're not "politically correct"? Canada was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and it's simply a fact that this may be reflected in our history. Instead of being so negative and bitter about the whole thing, why don't you find out if the school offers opportunities for the students to learn about other faiths? If they don't maybe you could try to encourage them to give other faiths equal time. I don't see where learning about a variety of religions would be an issue - instead it would give the students an understanding of others' beliefs. And wouldn't that give "an educational platform tolerant of all ethnics (sic) and creeds and children with various religious backgrounds"? Somehow, I think giving the students an understanding of the major religions of the world would give them a better understanding of others' beliefs than totally ignoring religious beliefs.

Answer 3

So tolerance is supposed to mean complete absence of religion to you? Will you choose when your son studies history that he not understand any of the religious aspects of history and how religion for either good or evil influenced various peoples?

There's a big difference between people learning about a religion and being forced to follow it. Seems, however, that you can't understand that simple concept.

Answer 4

I'm an American, but that doesn't sound like they are trying to push Christianity on anyone in that situation, showing them what Christmas traditions went on at the time would be acceptable to me, because at that time Christianity had an influence on the culture in many Western nations. It's part of the history of that era, and the history of Christmas celebrations. Would you object to them discussing some of the polytheistic religions of ancient times if the class was about ancient Greece or Rome? Probably not, because that was a major part of that culture. it sounds like you have a problem with Christianity in general.