(May 25, 2022 at 7:18 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 25, 2022 at 2:29 pm)emjay Wrote: Yeah, I have no problem with it being taught as an academic subject. We had that... Religious Education (RE)... in Middle School I think (ie in the UK about 9-13 age) and it was an interesting subject as far as I recall...but that sort of comparative study of religions pretty much exemplifies the sort of dispassionate objectivity, that as I said, I hope people would try and be mindful of in private... unlikely I know... because there's no realistic expectation that parents won't passionately pass on their beliefs to their children, intentionally or otherwise, but it's still a nice ideal.
Children will be introduced to religion if they have any contact with society.
They will also be introduced to politics, economics, sexuality, violence, and other things that kids become aware of.
If parents want to keep their children un-introduced to religion until the child is in the 9-13 age range, and then introduce the concept in a way that the parents can control, they will have to keep the child completely isolated from society and carefully pre-screen all media.
Interesting to me that you choose politics, economics, violence and the main points of what children can learn if not kept in a bubble.
They can also learn about nature, about interacting with others, about thousands, if not millions, of things so long as they are open to learning.
Do you have children? Mine were all exposed to religion, mainly through people not within our family. I have two atheists and one who is religious when it suits her needs. I didn't steer them one way or another and I didn't have to hide them from reality or fantasy. They figured things out, often by asking.
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