Religious symbols in classrooms

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I would argue it's more to do with pluralism and fairness.

Allow a cross in the classroom, allow a chakra too, or a star and crescent. Makes no difference.

If we want fairness, we must ensure a level playing field, as is logical, and which I think you allude to and agree with.

What about the altars depicting child and human sacrifices? The one showing the crazy old coot Abraham getting ready to burn Isaac on a pile of wood should be very popular. And they need the figurines showing the priests throwing the virgins into the volcano. The ones showing the Aztec priests ripping hearts out will be a big hit with the illegal alien students from Mexico.

I don't think this is a discussion on the symbols per se, rather the display of symbols themselves.

Incidentally, when I was in primary school here in England, we learnt about the Aztecs and the conquistadors, including human sacrifices and the import of diseases from foreign lands.

Symbols are only as important as the values one places on them. To most people an alien symbol is meaningless, even if it does involve a long dead demographic that occupied a segment of land you currently also happen to occupy some 500+ years ago.

This is also more about education and not proselytisation. Plurality is the only fair way to ensure that all voices are heard whilst giving no one single voice preference. The ultimate conclusion of this would naturally either be no symbols in class, or a multitude of them from all around the world and throughout time. Only one of these is more feasible, which was the actual point to my post.