Irish schoolchildren to learn about atheism

[Cinjin]

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.

Yeah, when it comes to religions, the American South is about as forward thinking as Saudi Arabia.

Biblebelt: "No no, we don't talk about our god in schools." <wink wink>