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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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When I went to school (Catholic) it was a required class - World Religions... lets see we covered Protestantism, Islam, Judiasm, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Sikhism and a number of days on Cults and Sects - in each case someone (except for the Cults/Sects) was invited in to speak with us about their faith. Further if students asked about a particular faith, Father Ron was more than happy to deal with the subject - that's the reason we learned about Zoroastrianism. I guess I was lucky to come from a system where the Brothers and Priests believed that "knowledge was the best defense against the Devil".
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