The Integration of Religion into the Education System

[Leonardo17]

Have you attended a parochial school?  I have.  At the time I was in Catholic high school it was one of the best educational facilities around.  There was a public school option but my parents opted against it.  

Do you always spend your time looking for things to bitch about?  It sure seems as though you do.

1) No. It wasn’t like a school. Here we have Quran Courses for Children (which are either free or very cheap). I attended it a few times. I cannot say I learned a lot.
 
2) I believe in the value of discussion in this type of religious / social subjects. You are no longer within the field of philosophy when you have a “I said it so it must be true” type of attitude. If you understand what I am saying  

   I know that there can be religious schools that provide a good quality education without strongly imposing any moral or spiritual value on children. Knowing that public schools are not always better-quality schools (depending on where you live in the US), I understand that you parents probably made a good choice.
 

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My views are more political. You might have heard that Narendra Modi’s BJP has obtained a third term in India. This a typical populist. His followers have ideas borrowed from fascism that claim that the Aryan race (meaning Indians) are a superior race. They crack down on free press almost as much as the populists in my country. He clearly undermines the secular, racially-neutral values of India. He is copying Donald Trump in his “divide and conquer” method by alienating the more educated / middle class layers of society and feeding the Ego of more popular / poorer classes of society. It is true that thanks to him the Indian economy is growing around 5 / 8 % every year. But all that betterment is going into the pockets of higher class Indians making it the most in equalitarian society in the world after Russia most probably.
 
In terms of education, he also promotes “religious” education. So I am going to ask you, was your high school education an evolution-theory friendly education? – I believe that this is very important. I think that it’s important for the kids to learn those things + the more scholastic models of education that existed in Europe until the end of the 19th century. I think it’s important for everyone to know how they disbelieved Columbus before he went to find a sea-route to India or how Copernicus was silenced after having challenged the more Aristotelian world view of the Church. How Giordano Bruno was burned alive (like many women who were accused of practicing Witchcraft).
 
You know: The word “Faggot” come from the fact that homosexuals (Sodomites) were burned with “a bundle of sticks” together with the witches.  
 
So today, people seeking to gain power through the use of religious doctrines believe in raising “a pious generation”. They believe in the superiority of one religious doctrine over other religious doctrine. The BJP is building temples on the ruins of historical mosques for instance. Here, the political Islamism movement is turning Byzantine Churches into mosques for instance.
 
And they all hate Darwin and believe in “Religious” education.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/erdogan-dismi...04715.html
 

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So as I said I am not such a strong opponent of religious schools. There has to be a few good ones. But I am still raising awareness on the fact that people who believe in the benefits of religious indoctrination at an early age love the idea of “religious education” too.
 
To me it’s a contradiction. I believe in a God that is present within each and every one of us so I don’t see a “need” for a religious education.