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02/27/24 6:36:02 PM
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What kind of fancy pants non Christian high school is this that they would teach such a subject, to students of all people?
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DarkDoc
02/28/24 2:52:16 PM
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Does she teach them that it's all shit?
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02/28/24 4:54:27 PM
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Tell us how you really feel
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Doe
02/28/24 4:56:11 PM
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I took history of world religions in 12th grade

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DarkDoc
02/28/24 5:50:06 PM
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Age 11 was the first time they tried to teach me religion. It was biblical shit, so after a few weeks I opted out. I actually ended up leaving the school after 1 year. The next school did teach all religions, the fact it was balanced was the only reason I didn't opt out of that too. Did that for a total of 2 years.

Either way, it's a waste of an hour a week. Would be time better spent on literally any other subject.
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Xatrion
02/28/24 5:54:59 PM
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Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.

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Kradek
02/28/24 5:55:05 PM
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Revisited posted...
What kind of fancy pants non Christian high school is this that they would teach such a subject, to students of all people?

I wouldn't call it fancy pants, I went to a newer public school (at the time, it's been awhile) and they added that class my senior year.

As a voluntary elective, to be clear.

I don't agree with the use of resources because of my own views, however still consider it overall benign.

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MrMojoRising
02/28/24 5:55:33 PM
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I had a split World Government and World Religion class

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Kain_Highwind
02/28/24 5:57:35 PM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.
what about like regarding its impact on the world

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Damn_Underscore
02/28/24 5:57:47 PM
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Are people who act like they are on r/atheism trolling or do they really believe they are giving intelligent responses?

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ai123
02/28/24 5:59:58 PM
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I got taught world religions equally.

But it was in a neutral, descriptive way: these are the beliefs and customs of Muslims, Christians, Jewish people, Hindus, etc.

I think it's useful to know that stuff. Have a wider understanding of culture and history.

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FunWithAFryPan
02/28/24 6:00:48 PM
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Whatever your feelings are on religion, I still think theres an appropriate context in an educational setting to study texts and religions significant impact on world history, without proselytizing.

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FlyEaglesFly24
02/28/24 6:01:54 PM
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Comparative World Religion isnt about shoving your religion down someone elses throat.

Its a good idea to learn about other cultures, so you can promote peace and tolerance, and avoid right wing media conglomerates and their lies about how this is a christian country.

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Unknown5uspect
02/28/24 6:02:01 PM
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I mean religion has had kind of a massive impact on human history.

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Ratchetrockon
02/28/24 6:03:13 PM
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It was learning about Mesopotamia and its people's religious beliefs that got me to become an atheist in 6th grade.

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02/28/24 6:04:23 PM
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boxoto
02/28/24 6:10:44 PM
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I honestly didn't learn about religion, at home or at school, until college.

and by that, I mean officially.

I picked up stuff here and there from friends, media, the community, etc., and stuff I learned on my own.

but it was interesting actually going into the histories and philosophies of different faiths, with an academic focus.

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The_Korey
02/28/24 6:15:52 PM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.

Learning about the different religions out there that they are bound to encounter is essentially kultural studies. Doesn't matter if it's all horseshit or not. It's played a huge role in shaping the world past and present. Learning some kultural dos n don'ts (and for many, reasons to stay away) is something that would be more relevant to most lives than a number of other things taught in school.

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Maverick_Reznor
02/28/24 6:31:02 PM
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Is there a problem with that? Do you have a problem with learning about other people's cultures?

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Maverick_Reznor
02/28/24 6:33:29 PM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.
So learning about different people's cultures and religions is bad?
Kind of a bigoted take you have there.

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Glob
02/28/24 6:56:13 PM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.

Im an atheist, but this is a bad take. Teaching religion in a school isnt cool. Teaching about religion, however, is very important.
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ForsakenHermit
02/28/24 7:05:08 PM
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In 9th grade we learned about the big religions and what they believe. I think that religions of the world should be taught in school but not practiced.

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Antiyonder
02/28/24 7:06:48 PM
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I'd say sure, but then the imposed silence on LGBTQ+ need to be lifted too.

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Rika_Furude
02/28/24 7:08:28 PM
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Kain_Highwind posted...
what about like regarding its impact on the world
That belongs in a history or society class, not a dedicated religion/christianity class
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Voidgolem
02/28/24 7:10:42 PM
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I think it's worthwhile to have a world religions course taught as an elective, from an external and impartial standpoint: here's their tenets, their mythos, philosophical notes, notable events, and so on. Most if not all of us had social studies growing up, after all, and it's worthwhile to have some kind of exposure, if interested.

I don't think it's worthwhile to preach or sermon about anything in a formal educational setting like how the right wing folk appear to want with their bargain-bin interpretation of an already unreliable interpretation of text

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mazingetter
02/28/24 8:12:26 PM
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I studied in a Catholic school and they taught us about other major religions in our world history subject.
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DarkDoc
02/29/24 4:24:54 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
That belongs in a history or society class, not a dedicated religion/christianity class

It doesn't belong anywhere. Not at taxpayer's expense. If somebody chooses to learn that stuff, let them pay for it themselves in their 20s.

Kain_Highwind posted...
what about like regarding its impact on the world

Basically, if we ignore religion, it will go away. Literally.

All it takes is 30 years without brainwashing the kids, and all religions disappear from the world
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Trumble
02/29/24 4:35:30 PM
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ai123 posted...
I got taught world religions equally.

But it was in a neutral, descriptive way: these are the beliefs and customs of Muslims, Christians, Jewish people, Hindus, etc.

I think it's useful to know that stuff. Have a wider understanding of culture and history.
This is reasonable to teach. Pushing one of them as true is not.

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Kain_Highwind
02/29/24 4:51:46 PM
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DarkDoc posted...
It doesn't belong anywhere. Not at taxpayer's expense. If somebody chooses to learn that stuff, let them pay for it themselves in their 20s.

Basically, if we ignore religion, it will go away. Literally.

All it takes is 30 years without brainwashing the kids, and all religions disappear from the world
r/atheism is over there ->

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C_Pain
02/29/24 4:54:40 PM
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DarkDoc posted...
It doesn't belong anywhere. Not at taxpayer's expense. If somebody chooses to learn that stuff, let them pay for it themselves in their 20s.

Basically, if we ignore religion, it will go away. Literally.

All it takes is 30 years without brainwashing the kids, and all religions disappear from the world
Lmaooooooo

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Prestoff
02/29/24 5:00:02 PM
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I don't see anything wrong with it, it was an optional elective class you can take at my highschool. As long as it isn't a required course to graduate from a public highschool and it's not a "Christian preaching" class, I'm all for it. Nothing wrong about learning different religions, hell it was this course that played a role on my road to Atheism.

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Torgo
02/29/24 5:02:10 PM
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Teaching the history and cultural impact of religion is fine, teaching religious scripture itself is deeply problematic in public schools.

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Trumble
02/29/24 6:38:43 PM
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Torgo posted...
Teaching the history and cultural impact of religion is fine, teaching religious scripture itself is deeply problematic in public schools.
I would think if it's in the context of teaching a few of the most important verses (or equivalents) for each major religion to help understand it, that's okay..

The place to draw the line is if one major religion (or a minor one) is favored over others, or if any of them are being taught as actual truth.

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ForsakenHermit
02/29/24 7:43:20 PM
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DarkDoc posted...
It doesn't belong anywhere. Not at taxpayer's expense. If somebody chooses to learn that stuff, let them pay for it themselves in their 20s.

Basically, if we ignore religion, it will go away. Literally.

All it takes is 30 years without brainwashing the kids, and all religions disappear from the world
*tips trilby*

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03/04/24 4:40:44 AM
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^ ^ Lol that made me laugh
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Dark_Arbron
03/04/24 4:42:57 AM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.

Its fine to teach about their role in history, just as long as its prefaced with the disclaimer that theyre works of fiction.

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Dark_Arbron
03/04/24 4:43:31 AM
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Torgo posted...
Teaching the history and cultural impact of religion is fine, teaching religious scripture itself is deeply problematic in public schools.

Thats what I get for skimming the topic. Beat me to it by 3 days.

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TimeForAction
03/04/24 4:52:34 AM
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I had a religious studies class in high school. We mainly studied one religion
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Dark_Arbron
03/04/24 4:54:08 AM
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I went to Catholic high school and we had religious and personal formation class. If I recall we didnt spend that much time reading the Bible - it was more about morality, temperament, and our direction in life.

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ai123
03/04/24 4:56:20 AM
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Dark_Arbron posted...
Its fine to teach about their role in history, just as long as its prefaced with the disclaimer that theyre works of fiction.
Just say that this is what Muslims believe, this is what Hindus believe, this is what Buddhists believe etc.

You can be descriptive and educate without promoting religion or upsetting those who believe.

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Dark_Arbron
03/04/24 4:59:55 AM
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ai123 posted...
Just say that this is what Muslims believe, this is what Hindus believe, this is what Buddhists believe etc.

You can be descriptive and educate without promoting religion or upsetting those who believe.

Yeah, thats a better way of putting it. Fair.

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0Renegade
03/04/24 5:12:51 AM
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i dont see a problem with it if they're teaching us what the people and cultures believe/believed in vs them teaching us that and then saying "now follow it as if you believe in it" or something.

I think people hear religion in school and go "reeeeeee" like in this topic but if its taught as a cultural lesson without the intent to indoctrinate it should be fine.

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DarkDoc
03/04/24 5:40:28 PM
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Dark_Arbron posted...
Yeah, thats a better way of putting it. Fair.

Nah, you had it right first time. It's extremely important always to have the preface that theyre works of fiction.

We need to stop giving a shit whether people are upset or not.
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03/06/24 11:42:37 PM
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ai123 posted...
Just say that this is what Muslims believe, this is what Hindus believe, this is what Buddhists believe etc.

You can be descriptive and educate without promoting religion or upsetting those who believe.
People will always be upset even over the most seemingly innocuous things
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ForsakenHermit
03/06/24 11:44:14 PM
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Revisited posted...
People will always be upset even over the most seemingly innocuous things
It's one of the rare instances where people on the left can be snowflakes.

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Sufferedphoenix
03/06/24 11:53:37 PM
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Xatrion posted...
Religious nonsense has no place being in a place of learning.

Now my school had a theology class but it was optional

My advanced world geography class though would cover basics of a religion as part of learning about a countries culture. We didn't go in depth.

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Guide
03/07/24 12:05:19 AM
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DarkDoc posted...
All it takes is 30 years without brainwashing the kids, and all religions disappear from the world

"If we just stop fighting, there'll be world peace"
Think, lad.

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Kim_Seong-a
03/07/24 12:16:20 AM
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It'd be pretty good to teach kids about religion in a historic/secular context. If they're exposed earlier to how these religions were formed and spread, where the texts/canons come from, who the people were and what evidence we have (if any) for the stories they tell, it might get kids to start thinking critically about their own religious beliefs.

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teep_
03/07/24 12:31:37 AM
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ai123 posted...
I got taught world religions equally.

But it was in a neutral, descriptive way: these are the beliefs and customs of Muslims, Christians, Jewish people, Hindus, etc.

I think it's useful to know that stuff. Have a wider understanding of culture and history.


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Compsognathus
03/07/24 12:41:18 AM
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World Religions was an elective offered at my high school.

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