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theprof00 on 30 March 2017
jason1637 said:
Religion has played a big part in history so it makes sense to go over such topics. Also the dominant religion is Christianity (75% of Americans)

It's kind of misleading to call anything biblical Christian.

There is a very big difference between Christian and Catholic. True Christian is only like 25-40% in usa

Source: I was raised Catholic. I don't believe in any religion, but Catholic is very different, especially for what I'd call idolatry.



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snyps on 30 March 2017

The founding fathers of the US where Unitarian as that was the thing to be in the Age of Enlightenment. Unitarians are awesome because they have zero dogma and accept, as members, those from all religions.



jason1637 on 30 March 2017
theprof00 said:
jason1637 said:
Religion has played a big part in history so it makes sense to go over such topics. Also the dominant religion is Christianity (75% of Americans)

It's kind of misleading to call anything biblical Christian.

There is a very big difference between Christian and Catholic. True Christian is only like 25-40% in usa

Source: I was raised Catholic. I don't believe in any religion, but Catholic is very different, especially for what I'd call idolatry.

Yeah theres a difference between catholics other religouse christian communities but most peopel identify as "christian in the US"



Kerotan on 30 March 2017

Religion should be thought in history class.

I used to have no problem with dedicated religion classes but then I realised the students would be better off doing an extra class of P.E. or something really useful for college like computer programming.



Rab on 30 March 2017
theprof00 said:

 I was raised Catholic.

Not if your middle finger is any indication

If you were, your Mother would have your middle finger dipped in hot candle wax 



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StarOcean on 30 March 2017

I believe it is important to teach children about world religions. As some have said, it puts context in certain historical situations and is very prevelant throughout all cultures. So it's good to learn about as long as it isn't forcing children to practice said worship -which in most cases, aren't. I took a class on the history of the worlds religions and thought it was very informative and interesting.



Puppyroach on 30 March 2017

I think it should say "mythology" in the curriculum instead and that schools should teach about Christianity, Islam, Judaism and so on alongside Norse mythology, Greek mythology and the likes. It should be taught in a secular way but treated as what it is, a mythological story that has no bases in reality.



Robert_Downey_Jr. on 30 March 2017

I remember the lessons from my 10th grade religions of the world class more than any other high school course. GREAT thing to learn about if taught by the right teacher



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monocle_layton on 30 March 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
What a waste of time. Should spend that time learning something actually relevant to life instead.

You'd think religion (which has a huge impact on culture and history) would be considered useful.



jigokutamago on 30 March 2017
Rab said:
p0isonparadise said:
Religions shouldn't be taught in public schools.

^ This

Why are we dedicating regular classes to teaching what is to many families is fantasy based studies in public schools

One area that I think we need to think about that will be of great benefit is the study of Philosophy at all ages, this would also bring in discussions around religions, Science, Morals, Ways of thinking, that would be of great benefit to Children as they grow and try to analyse the World around them 

I'm taking a class about philosophy of religion.

Your move.