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2005-03-20

Teachers see God as 'too boring' for Religious Ed

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Posted by sigh 2005-03-20 6:40:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Europe really is sunk, isn't it."

Yes, I'd agree it is. I'm an atheist - and I find this beyond stupid - it's closer to criminal. Credit where due never hurt anybody. It's just the right thing to do, period. Morality tales work - they teach important lessons. Taken out of context - i.e. removing God - who knows? I certainly don't - and neither do these people who are terrified of God, in all the flavors presented. A fair number of Secularists - or whatever you want to call them - are nothing but cowards, scurrying around behind the scenes to subvert that which frightens, challenges, or annoys them. Gutless jerks. Sometimes I wish the Christians would stop turning the other cheek and go this route, instead. I'm not good with passivity shit, but I can respect taking a stand.

Unbelievable. The UK Govt wanks as badly as any, IMHO.

Posted by .com 2005-03-20 7:47:09 PM|| 2005-03-20 7:47:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Government is never going to do a good job of teaching religion, either in the US, Great Britain or anywhere else, unless it's a highly authoritarian version (think Wahabi) the kids would be better off without. If it isn't taught (and modelled) at home, teaching it in schools is worse than pointless.

Posted by VAMark 2005-03-20 7:51:57 PM|| 2005-03-20 7:51:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I have my own personal problems with God but it is simply impossible and ridiculous to give children (or anyone else) a proper understanding about what the Western civilisation and culture is about without teaching them about Christianity.

Shall we remove the Gothic cathedrals because they might bore the kids?

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-20 7:52:24 PM|| 2005-03-20 7:52:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The true reason for removing God is to replace it with something else. This is bad news even from a non religious stand point. It's simple dishonesty.
They might as well replace it with Aesop's fables.
The agenda is anti religious.

The religious indoctrination of children and adolecents (christian or other) should be the responsibility of the parents of faith in question. The state should stay out of it period.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-03-20 8:04:01 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-20 8:04:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I do not favor "religious indoctrination".
Tell them what you think God is about but let them make their own choices.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-20 8:08:18 PM|| 2005-03-20 8:08:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't favor indoctrination of any kind, religious or otherwise, but I am honest enough to state it for what it is. Religious education = religious indoctrination. At least the sect I was raised under and indoctrinated in was one that allowed me to make the choice with free will as an adult to if I would be a member or not. Many don't get such a choice.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-03-20 8:24:39 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-20 8:24:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Compulsory religous instruction in UK schools is one of those historical anachronysms that was a joke when I went to school there over 40 years ago. They couldn't get anyone to teach the class and discipline completely broke down.

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-20 8:33:11 PM|| 2005-03-20 8:33:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 SPoD, instead of avoiding religion, 8th/9th graders should have a comparative religion course within the history curriculum. By that, I don't mean "Let's now imitate mooselimbs" crap. I mean serious stuff. I had that in the commie school (yea, it was naturally marxized and engelized, but by that time I learned to filter these overlays out), and I appreciated it, because it could explain a lot of historical relationships. It was more expanded on the secondary level and included religious literature and writers within literature curriculum and later in philosophy curriculum.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-20 8:41:49 PM|| 2005-03-20 8:41:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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