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To: JeepInMazar
Maybe public schools should not get involved in religion, but what is wrong with religious component to education. What is so bad about teaching children that there is a religious tradition and belief that there is one God who created the heavens and the earth? Why withhold information from children in the education process?

I support teaching public school children about religion- they should learn the basic doctrines of all major world religions, and a sample of the minor ones.

But they should learn about them in an objective and balanced way ,including the negatives.

The problem is that those who want Creationism and other religious doctrines taught in the schools want them taught as the truth and without any criticism.

That is what I object to

41 posted on 01/10/2004 2:19:52 PM PST by WackyKat
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To: WackyKat
The problem is that those who want Creationism and other religious doctrines taught in the schools want them taught as the truth and without any criticism.

I think we are on the same page. I object to the notion that God should never be mentioned in school and that religion and the Bible is to be excluded from the educational process.

It makes sense to me to have every student in High School to read the major religious texts. Let them read the entire Bible and the entire Quran. Let them read it and discuss the comparisons between the character, life, and teachings of Jesus and Mohammed. A good open minded exposure to what the texts actually say should be part of a quality education.

46 posted on 01/10/2004 2:25:16 PM PST by JeepInMazar (I left my Russian Jeep in Mazar-i-Sherif)
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To: WackyKat
The problem is that those who want Creationism and other religious doctrines taught in the schools want them taught as the truth and without any criticism.

LOL...of course what we have now is the criticism without the teaching.

72 posted on 01/10/2004 3:23:31 PM PST by highlander_UW
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