Should Religions Be Taught in Schools?

[Albrenia]

Can we have a class devoted to remembering victims of religious intolerance, from the Crusades to 9/11?

As long as this includes religious intolerance from irreligious movements and factions, then sure.

That would seem obvious. Intolerance towards the religious is just as wrong and violent as intolerance because of religion.

[VoVoDoCo]

And that’s a damn shame. Imagine being so insecure in your “unshakable” faith that you would be scared of a bunch of highschoolers expressing their viewpoints. Yikes.

Sent a request to start an atheist or agnostic club at my school. They never responded...oh but we can have static club and we can have Kensington Church meet at my school, the guys who my friend brendan said were "actually really cool" (newsflash, they're just like many an evangelical, thinking that anyone who doesn't believe as they do or who is gay should burn in the fiery depths of hell forever).

I wish I had become an atheist a couple years earlier. I would’ve tried to start one.

[Kernen]

I've seen Secular Student Alliance clubs, they often encounter resistance from the administration.

And that’s a damn shame. Imagine being so insecure in your “unshakable” faith that you would be scared of a bunch of highschoolers expressing their viewpoints. Yikes.

Sucks when you can't control people, I guess.

[Godular]

Sent a request to start an atheist or agnostic club at my school. They never responded...oh but we can have static club and we can have Kensington Church meet at my school, the guys who my friend brendan said were "actually really cool" (newsflash, they're just like many an evangelical, thinking that anyone who doesn't believe as they do or who is gay should burn in the fiery depths of hell forever).

I wish I had become an atheist a couple years earlier. I would’ve tried to start one.

My college had an Atheist group... well, mostly a sort of pro-secularization group... we had all kinds. The meetings were fun!

[Jedi Council]

And that’s a damn shame. Imagine being so insecure in your “unshakable” faith that you would be scared of a bunch of highschoolers expressing their viewpoints. Yikes.

Sucks when you can't control people, I guess.

One of the goals of organized religion is to control people, any threat to their authority is seen as lethal.

[Loben The 2nd]

Sucks when you can't control people, I guess.

One of the goals of organized religion is to control people, any threat to their authority is seen as lethal.

uh-huh.

[Neutraligon]

Can we please stay on topic.

[Vetalia]

In the sense of teaching the impact of religion on history, absolutely. It is impossible to properly teach or understand many periods in human history without understanding the related religious beliefs of the people during that period.

In the sense of actual religious catechesis in schools, absolutely not. That should be handled by the student's religion and not the school system; most if not all religions offer some kind of additional religious education for that purpose and quite frankly I would not necessarily entrust this kind of education to someone who may be outside of my religion (or whose criteria to provide religious instruction is dubious). However, students and teachers should be free to organize and participate in groups related to their religion as an extracurricular activity.

Now, if it's a school associated with a particular religion I think that would be different but in this case I assume we are referring to secular public schools.

[South Odreria 2]

One of the goals of organized religion is to control people, any threat to their authority is seen as lethal.

uh-huh.

It's really unfortunate that I'm agreeing with you.

[Loben The 2nd]

uh-huh.

It's really unfortunate that I'm agreeing with you.

im sure theres a rule book for organized religion that stretches as far back as to when Pagans roamed the earth that has "control the population" as one of its main tenants.

[Rojava Free State]

One of the goals of organized religion is to control people, any threat to their authority is seen as lethal.

uh-huh.

You say after thousands of years of people being murdered for challenging the church.

But please, do explain how religion isn't about that, when in the ten commandments itself, God demands submission.

[Rojava Free State]

It's really unfortunate that I'm agreeing with you.

im sure theres a rule book for organized religion that stretches as far back as to when Pagans roamed the earth that has "control the population" as one of its main tenants.

Is it not controlling the population when there are strict rules you are not allowed to break?

[Atheris]

Sucks when you can't control people, I guess.

One of the goals of organized religion is to control people, any threat to their authority is seen as lethal.

One of the reasons I'm not a fan of the Church, and why I decided to convert to Lutheranism in 2019 from Calvinism.

[Daves Computer]

I'm not taking any side but I notice this thread is turning into a more belligerent stance on religion, which is both offensive to some and completely irrelevant to the original topic. Continuing this discussion further may result in mods doling warnings or punishments for thread-jacking and all.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

I had to learn about religion in school. I'm not religious myself but my big problem was that we were only taught Christianity and Islam with a tiny bit of the rest. If religion is taught in schools it should be all the major religions not just a couple that tick the diversity and inclusiveness boxes. Otherwise not at all.

[Loben The 2nd]

uh-huh.

You say after thousands of years of people being murdered for challenging the church.
But please, do explain how religion isn't about that, when in the ten commandments itself, God demands submission.

is this the Pagan's version of the holocaust?

[Neutraligon]

Considering that this thread has not been able to stay on topic despite repeated requests I am seriously considering locking it and waiting for another mod to come by to hand out warnings.

[Loben The 2nd]

im sure theres a rule book for organized religion that stretches as far back as to when Pagans roamed the earth that has "control the population" as one of its main tenants.

Is it not controlling the population when there are strict rules you are not allowed to break?

strict rules such as the 10 commandments?

didnt know you were a fan of murder and the like.

[Godular]

Considering that this thread has not been able to stay on topic despite repeated requests I am seriously considering locking it and waiting for another mod to come by to hand out warnings.

Would me saying 'you have my blessing' be ironic?

[Neutraligon]

Is it not controlling the population when there are strict rules you are not allowed to break?

strict rules such as the 10 commandments?

didnt know you were a fan of murder and the like.

ENOUGH!!!! I will give this thread 1 more chance to stay on topic.

[Kernen]

I had to learn about religion in school. I'm not religious myself but my big problem was that we were only taught Christianity and Islam with a tiny bit of the rest. If religion is taught in schools it should be all the major religions not just a couple that tick the diversity and inclusiveness boxes. Otherwise not at all.

Thats a shame, because Hinduism and Buddhism are very relevant to the cultural spread along the Silk Roads.

[Atheris]

Considering that this thread has not been able to stay on topic despite repeated requests I am seriously considering locking it and waiting for another mod to come by to hand out warnings.

Would me saying 'you have my blessing' be ironic?

That's pretty funny, all things considered.

[Loben The 2nd]

strict rules such as the 10 commandments?

didnt know you were a fan of murder and the like.

ENOUGH!!!! I will give this thread 1 more chance to stay on topic.

ill stop.

[South Odreria 2]

I'll try a saving throw, what should the role of religious schools be in the education system?

[Kernen]

I'll try a saving throw, what should the role of religious schools be in the education system?

Keeping out.