(June 18, 2012 at 2:39 pm)Morganna Wrote: Perhaps this is my bias as, again, someone who was educated in the relatively secular and liberal Northeast, but I just don't see how you can go about teaching certain portions of history without some reference to religious beliefs.
I agree, and like you I can't think of a simple solution to the problem. I do know that god is accepted as fact here, more so than actual facts. Perhaps if we can finally get a proper science education into our schools then a proper history education can follow. It seems necessary at this point for the two to be addressed together.