(June 13, 2013 at 12:36 am)Undeceived Wrote: What does worship have to do with omitting religion from schools? People worship Jesus, so therefore his words should be omitted from curriculum? Could you explain the logic, please? If you wouldn't mind, provide the step-by-step argument. How do you get from "this subject is worshiped" to "therefore, this subject should not be taught"?
It's not so much to do with worship as it does the fact that the guy can't be factually verified, and that even if you could, there's no way to verify his divinity, the same as any other supposedly divine religious figure. There's a reason you guys still have to use faith, right?
I've used this analogy before, but think of the education system like an ice cream parlor. Everyone who walks in ends up with ice cream, that's the basic education, and it serves everyone equally; only demonstrable facts, things that every student needs to know and will benefit from. Your religious instruction is the topping, and that's optional; it's still there, you can do it, but it's not forced upon you. It's made to order, and that way every student can get the appropriate religious instruction, rather than wasting time on one religion in class you might not follow. Would you really want to have to scrape the sprinkles off your ice cream cone because you wanted chocolate sauce instead? Why wouldn't the server just give you the basic ice cream and let you pick your own additional extras, instead of making assumptions you've later got to correct?
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