Should people learn about other religions?

[tackattack]

@Xyster, No I meant look at the links to the original translation. Homosexuality is a 19th century word. You call it mental gymnastics and I call it reading in context. I don't use the bible for my foundation of morals anyways. If you feel I'm intelluctually bankrupt then so be it.

[Loki_999]

I would say only in the context of subjects like history and cultural studies, not as a specific subject. Religion as a subject by itself has no place in schools.

I believe strongly that schools should be a source of enlightenment and be able to provide the right information that will help kids who have been indoctrinated by their parents to question their world views and to be able to make their own choice about religion based on the facts available.

The so called "Faith schools" that have been in the news from time to time really piss me off.

[tackattack]

I agree wholeheartedly that religion should be a choice and should not be forced or one-sided. I also agree that if in schools it should be elective, and very little if any belongs in politics

[sandallw03]

Thanks for the replys guys, this should give me good material for my essay

[LukeMC]

I think it should be taught. Just as I think mathematics, science and english should be taught. My personal feelings on what a school "should be" include opening and expanding horizons. If my school life had resulted in me coming out knowing a relevant amount of mathematics, a firm grasp on my own language and a general view of science, I'd have been pleased. If I also came out with an understanding of my country's history and relation with other countries, knowledge of other cultures and beliefs, and a vague feel for the political climate of the world, I'd have felt much more well-rounded as a person.

Unfortunately, neither outcome was the case- and the most interesting and fundamental things I learned about the world/beyond came from my own studies after finishing high school (to include physics [cosmology, particle/quantum physics], implications of language, how to construct an argument [and how to tear one down], buddhism, taoism, confucianism, legalism, shinto, a great deal on my origins [biology; abiogenesis, evolution, natural selection] and pretty much everything I know about politics, other cultures and religions). Had at least some of these things been a larger part of my school curriculum, I feel I'd have come out with more confidence about the wider world and my place within it.

I think I'm making more of a case against the way school curricula (curriculums?) are formed than I am for religious studies to be taught. I never liked how most of my physics would extend no further than the mechanics of pushing a door, and how my biology never extended much further than identifying bones in a bird's wing. The content was made to be testable- not useful nor interesting in many cases. I suppose my idea of a good education would be incompatible with this notion. Still, I think that knowing that not every country is the same and that different people do different things due to different beliefs is a good thing- perhaps even vital for a well-rounded understanding of the Earth you inhabit.

Either way, I don't make the policies, so my opinions are merely personal musings that'll never make it past the internet

[Autumnlicious]

If religions and their history should be taught, let it be that critical thought be a requirement before entering aforementioned classes.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

If religions and their history should be taught, let it be that critical thought be a requirement before entering aforementioned classes.

I do too,and with your a caveat,. Perhaps a lot to ask of the average public school teacher and simply beyond the capacity of most teachers in many religious schools.

I think a good approach would to give kids, a broad outline of the history and tenets of the major world religions, as well as some of the lesser, such as Mormons, Bah'ai, Jains,Sikhs and Hasidic Jews.

Perhaps it might be worth touching an evangelical creationists as a curiosity.

[Loki_999]

If religions and their history should be taught, let it be that critical thought be a requirement before entering aforementioned classes.

I do too,and with your a caveat,. Perhaps a lot to ask of the average public school teacher and simply beyond the capacity of most teachers in many religious schools.

I think a good approach would to give kids, a broad outline of the history and tenets of the major world religions, as well as some of the lesser, such as Mormons, Bah'ai, Jains,Sikhs and Hasidic Jews.

Perhaps it might be worth touching an evangelical creationists as a curiosity.

Hey! Dont forget Asgardian not to mention Olympian, Egyptian, Pagan, and Satanism.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Hey! Don't forget Asgardian not to mention Olympian, Egyptian, Pagan, and Satanism.

Of course.If you have another look you will notice ,I said 'such as' which is like saying 'for example '. it's not meant to be an inclusive list. Do pay attention,there's a good chap..

PS: Perhaps not Assgardian or Jedi ,unless the class is on science fiction mythology.

[downbeatplumb]

Religious education fascinated me at school, it never ceased to amaze what shit people will believe.