Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism

[ChildOfReason]

A normal damn school?

Maybe it's different in America, but over here (the UK at least) it's pretty normal to have 'religious studies' or 'cultural studies' as a subject. I actually think this is a relatively good thing, even though I personally found it laughable in school.

I do think it's a good idea that kids are taught something about faiths and non-faith as opposed to not teaching them anything at all.

In American public high schools (in most, not sure about those Bible Belt schools), you can't teach religion as a class.

I agree with you. History classes teach about different religions, but I'm refering to schools specifically teaching and instructing about one modern religion, indoctrinating children.

I am currently an eigth grade student growing up in the bible belt, and I would like to clarify this:
In our public schools, teachers seem to be allowed to imply the existence of god. One teacher of mine has made numerous references to biblical stories and teachings. Also, I must point out that our school directly funds an ¨FCA¨ (fellowship of christian athletes) where children go to listen to bullshit for half an hour. The group tries to justify it by saying that they allow anyone to join, regardless of religion, while really they only allow christians of different denominations.
Pitiful.

I would also like to add that I believe it would be a good idea for schools in the U.S. to at least point out that there is no way to prove or disprove god(s). I became atheist when I realized that because there are an infinite number of possible gods, there is no reason to choose a single one. I try to think about it mathematically.
probability of one god=1/infinity
probability that a god rewards disbelief rather than blind faith=1/2
half of the infinite gods will reward disbelief.
probability that a god exists=1/2
so we get a probability of a god not existing to be 1/2, and the probability that a god exists that rewards disbelief becomes 1/4, thus a 3/4 chance that atheists are right, and a 1/infinite chance that any given single religion is right.
If children are taught to reason through things mathematically like this, they will decide that they are atheists.