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Old 05-04-2005, 12:14 PM
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Originally posted by valkyrie
Yes -- this is exactly why I think these things should not be taught in pubic schools. You might think "karma" or whatever else is a crazy theory, but I think "god" is a crazy theory. That's why I think it's best for public schools to, as much as possible, stay away from anything that's blatantly religious.
I would normally endorse this, but for the same reason I gave a couple pages ago. So much of different religions & mythologies are part of our culture that, by ignoring them, a schoolkid will be missing out on a lot of fairly necessary idiom.
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