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Originally posted by valkyrie
I agree with what you're saying in theory, but I can't imagine how difficult it would be in practice. Maybe an elective class on religious/spiritual based theories would be a good idea, but I'd be concerned about it in a regular, required class. Which religions are included? Who is left out, or what parents are going to object to what is included? How many teachers can really be objective about it?
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If they could be objective, I think that would be fascinating. My senior year, our religion class was all about world issues. We learned the different world religions, and of course all issues were taken from a Catholic standpoint (which I didn't agree with, but I WAS in a Catholic school so not much I could do). It also helps, for some people, to stregthen their own faith, by knowing what others believe. I don't think they should be ignorant of what is going on in the world. Politics in many parts of the world is very closely tied with relgion. How do you possibly begin to teach about the middle east and avoid the subject of Islam? Next to impossible.