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- Wolfboy0
I'll tell you what I find awful about that clip above, the shot of the kids all saying 'the Garden of Eeeeden' in a collective monotone drawl. It just brings home how vulnerable kids are to what they are fed at this age and how it's a dangerous thing when you don't have an education where you are safe from indoctrination from one particular belief system.
Don't get me wrong, I think religious studies are an important part of schooling as they are such a large part of the world and more importantly our history, but it should be taught never from the religious point of view and certainly not from a single religions point of view.
When I was a kid here in the UK, R.E. was learning about all the major religions, where they started, when they started, how they've been interlinked through the ages. That meant by the time I was in my mid to late teens I felt I had enough information to make my own mind up on what I believed. (Also, I was also lucky that although my Mum believes in god my parents never forced any beliefs on me so there was never any pressure at home.)
- there is nothing religion can teach you that atheists can't. religion should not be taught to children.doesnotexist
- I'm an atheist and I say that religion should be taught in the context of history and the social make up of the world.Wolfboy
- One of the things that very quickly helped me leave behind religion was learning about the religions of today as well as ancient religions.Wolfboy
- ancient religions.Wolfboy
- 'ere ere wolfboy. nice to read sane chaps on the internet every once in a whileinteliboy
- amen to that, Wolfymonospaced