JWeinCom said:
Aeolus451 said:
forest-spirit said:
Aeolus451 said:
To be fair, they shouldn't be teaching any sort of religion in any school. That should be left up to family, friends and if the individual wants to learn about it.
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Why not? Religion has played a huge part in the history of mankind so it definitely makes sense to learn about it in school. As long as teachers don't try to convert people I fail to see the problem.
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There's too many religions. I guess you don't realize how many religions there are. School is supposed to give people a general education like math, reading and writing. It's also when people are the most impressionable and their heads can be filled with just about anything. Religion is a personal belief and it's an opinion that's based on nothing but the believer's word. That sort of belief shouldn't be pushed onto others but just remain personal. You think that's a good idea to teach at school?
Things like religion should be taught by parents or close friends because it's very difficult for a christian to teach others about islam and remain objective about it. It's the same scenario with any other religion. It's not the place of a school to parent a child.
Religion has probably caused more wars than anything else in human history. It's even held back the advancement of civilisation and technology. What is that main reason why the western world doesn't get along with the middle east? Why does the middle east constantly fight itself?
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One of the things schools also should teach you is history. And if you don't know about religion, you don't know shit about history, and your knowledge on literature and sociology is probably weak too. It is not only a good idea to teach about religion (not teach religion) at school, but it is an absolute necessity to creating an intelligent and well informed electorate. With Trump support where it is, I'm certain we need more education about religion, not less.
If you're saying that religion causes more wars than anything else in human history (I wouldn't... I'd say land and resources are #1 by a large margin. Religion may be a distant third, but nationalism would rival it), then don't you think that's something really important to teach people about? If for no other reason than to try and avoid the mistakes that have been made in the past?
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Teaching about religion in regard to history is completely fine but there's certainly a difference in teaching kids about how a religion influenced world events in it's time versus teaching kids a religion. History is secondary to reading, writing and math though. History is also written by the victor.
