@Rizen
But that’s a false equivalence. You can’t teach, for example, history without including its religious aspects. Would it be fair to teach Shakespeare without mentioning his views on religion? Would you exclude teaching about religious scientists whose religious beliefs motivated their inquiries (Newton, Mendel, Copernicus)? I think it’s not only possible but necessary to include religious aspects of these and other subjects without ‘forcing dogma on kids as a kind of brainwashing’. To not do so would be a disservice to students.
Apologies in advance if I misunderstood what you were driving at.
Boru
Quote:Or the schools could just not teach religious aspects instead of forcing dogma on kids as a kind of brainwashing. No religion should ever be taught in any school. There's no excuse.
But that’s a false equivalence. You can’t teach, for example, history without including its religious aspects. Would it be fair to teach Shakespeare without mentioning his views on religion? Would you exclude teaching about religious scientists whose religious beliefs motivated their inquiries (Newton, Mendel, Copernicus)? I think it’s not only possible but necessary to include religious aspects of these and other subjects without ‘forcing dogma on kids as a kind of brainwashing’. To not do so would be a disservice to students.
Apologies in advance if I misunderstood what you were driving at.
Boru
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