Banning religious teachings for minors

[Jenny A]

The hindu, muslim - and, amusingly, jewish bits were taught as comparative myth, even in the catholic school which excluded christianity here (understandable - they know what side of their bread is buttered and by whom). My public schools made no distinction and included christianity in that as well. I guess I'm asking if this is not ordinary? I assumed that (especially in the case of public schools) it was similar pretty much everywhere?

(yes I know schools and districts differ - plenty of family in education - but the core curriculum would seem to include the sort of stuff you want)

I'm suggesting that this stuff is already taught, and that students are just ignoring their instructors (surprise surprise) or have incentive to ignore their instructors (religious parents/peers/pressure).

Not in any school I've attended, or my kids either. The closest we've gotten is history courses covering the Middle Ages and The Reformation. Unless you count noting that there are such people as Hindus and they mostly live in India and that they have castes; or that there are such people as Jews and they don't accept Jesus and have been persecuted. The beliefs of Hindus, Jews, and Muslims are really not covered.

[The Grand Nudger]

I'd rather not have had to hear that on the 5th of July...lol. That's fucking brutal. I got better comparative myth at a catholic school....then public schools seem to be offering these days.

[CindysRain]

Being the product of childhood indoctrination, I agree.

However, banning religious teaching would never stop it. In fact, it would most likely fuel the religious families into becoming more of an underground, dark, even-creepier-than-it-is-now, indoctrination - taught secretly in basements.

[MindForgedManacle]

So because we hate children being indoctrinated, we should prevent their parents from teaching them what they believe? o_o

[Jenny A]

I'd rather not have had to hear that on the 5th of July...lol. That's fucking brutal. I got better comparative myth at a catholic school....then public schools seem to be offering these days.

Sorry but it's so. I did get some introduction to the Jewish and Islamic traditions in confirmation classes, but that was church not school. And rather slanted as you might expect.

[Minimalist]

A good idea but too impractical to implement.