schmedes2 wrote:
You do realize that the history of a religion still counts as the study of history, right?
That's not true history.
Raptor Jesus on the cross would be so much cooler...
schmedes2 wrote:
You do realize that the history of a religion still counts as the study of history, right?
Scorpio_ wrote:
Religion shouldn't be in schools, period, end of story.
VenomX wrote:
Nevermind. I don't think anybody gets what I'm saying here.
schmedes2 wrote:
No one get's what you're saying because what you're saying doesn't make any sense.
How a religions developed is still history. How.Are.You.Not.Getting.This.
The Jew's believed in Baal and El. It turned into El/Yaweh and developed into monotheism from there.
Christianity developed from Judaism
Buddhism developed from the story of Gautama Buddha
Somewhere, sometime, people developed the ideas/ideals of a religion. That religion either evolved into its current form today or was forgotten and abandoned. Historians have tracked that progress over the years.
That's history! How could it not be? Explain to me how that is not the history of a religion!
VenomX wrote:
You know what doesn't make sense? Religion. Everything you say is just a bunch of shit.
VenomX wrote:
You know what doesn't make sense? Religion. Everything you say is just a bunch of shit.
VenomX wrote:
Nevermind. I don't think anybody gets what I'm saying here.
schmedes2 wrote:
Are you intentionally trying to troll?
Everlasting wrote:
I'm going to start off by saying that I do not believe in a god or in gods, but I do believe in reincarnation. But I'm not one to judge ones opinion, because for all I know, I could be wrong and rot in hell. But this is all besides the point my question is:
Do you think religion should be taught openly in school?
What I mean by this is, yeah religion has to be taught in school, but by no means do I think that it should be opinionated. My example:
So in class (history/social studies) We were learning about
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
and Christianity.
So while my teacher is explaining about Buddism and Hinduism (It's a small school where everyone is Christian but a select few) she decides to put a little twist and say,
'So if you don't live your life good enough than you could end up as a frog, just because your not good enough for their god' Then someone pipes up and said
'That's screwed up' My teacher?
'Yeah, it is, isn't it?'
When teaching religion, I don't believe you should put your wholehearted opinion in, especially if your a teacher. What do you think?
NoDanger wrote:
This thing about religions being teached at school is a serious topic in alot of countries.
I have this stupid stereotype stuck into my head that alot of people in America seem to be strongly conservative and very believing, at least the older generation. I think it is because of this movie " Jesus Camp" that I have seen once. Religion shouldn't by any means be teached in THAT way.
I personally think that religion should be taught at school, however not in the way they do at the moment.
Teenagers these days tend to be more open-minded and have critical mind, this goes at least for my school. So a lesson, where you actually focus on debating and teaching the different side of views and how in the core they actually remain the same should be the principal issue.
Forgive if i am not making any sense, it's kind of hard for me to find the right words at the moment.
Joe- wrote:
IMHO, there should be no religion classes in school. Why? Because we can think whatever we want, what if we don't believe in Gods? I mean, it's just wrong to force someone to think what we want him to, am I right?
Joe- wrote:
Maybe it was OK in Hitler's Germany, but now a days it sucks. Personally, I was obligated to go through this classes (they were obligatory at my school) but got out as soon as I could. I don't regret.
Assuming a religious class includes a curriculum of around a dozen religions (including the major ones), everybody who enrolls in such as class will end up learning about a religion they don't personally believe in. The only difference is, atheists/agnostics will be learning about 12 religions they don't accept, whereas someone such as a Christian will be educated on 11 religions they don't accept.Scorpio_ wrote:
What about the people who don't believe in religion? We can forget about them - they're usually forgotten anyway!