camping_gaz Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 do you think religion sould be left at home and not in schools as i brought my children up as agnostic/athiest/realests (not to believe in mythical beings) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumatic Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 No problem with comparative religion being taught in schools - don't like the semi religious assemblies and stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuressenceUK Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Religion should be banned full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenewilde Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Religion should be banned full stop. Oh good. An open minded person in favour of free thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camping_gaz Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Religion should be banned full stop. ye thats also my opinion but not my point its when schools segregate themselves from the rest of society by being based on any individual religion ie catholic Jewish Muslim ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The established church(es) is(are) responsible for many things in our history. Amongst many good and bad (or even worse) practices, they were the main reason for the advancement of education, reading and writing (at one time). I believe that it is important that children are taught about religion, its history and the effect it has had on modern society. If you learn nothing about Christianity and Islam, you are ill prepared to make decisions about current issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenewilde Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 do you think religion sould be left at home and not in schools as i brought my children up as agnostic/athiest/realests (not to believe in mythical beings) But don't you want your children to be free to think for themselves? What always gets me about this "Ooh no, I don't want my children taught religion, I don't want my children to take part in assemblies etc". is that the people who say it are just as guilty of forcing their children to think a certain way as they *imagine* churches are going to do if their child goes anywhere near anything 'religious'. Last time I looked the Church of England weren't forcing folks through the doors at gunpoint. Why not give your children the choice to make their own minds up? Let them learn about religion, let them sing some hymns. If they think it's rubbish like you do then fine. If they don't, isn't that their choice? If they decided to believe what on earth is there to worry about? They might go to church, meet a whole load of people who are just trying to live a better life and help others. They might have fun with a load of other people their age. Surely that's better than a whole lot of other stuff they could end up doing?! The problem with folks like you is that you have no idea at all what it's like inside a church these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 They might go to church, meet a whole load of people who are just trying to live a better life and help others. Or they might go to church and meet a whole load of people who want to kill other people who go to a different church. Religion, as we have seen over the centuries, is not all sweetness and light and "helping others", it should be, but it's not. Personally I would leave my kids (if I ever had any) to make up their own minds, but I definately wouldn't encourage them to get involved in any religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camping_gaz Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 religion breeds nievity example i over herd a child on our street said to my son look at those clouds god as made for us. my son in the same class at school said they were made from evaporation of the sea they told us at school .he replied at church they say god made everything .so why do we have science but then again i do believe that child was influenced by an american religion as we have a couple of them in this area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camping_gaz Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 But don't you want your children to be free to think for themselves? What always gets me about this "Ooh no, I don't want my children taught religion, I don't want my children to take part in assemblies etc". is that the people who say it are just as guilty of forcing their children to think a certain way as they *imagine* churches are going to do if their child goes anywhere near anything 'religious'. Last time I looked the Church of England weren't forcing folks through the doors at gunpoint. Why not give your children the choice to make their own minds up? Let them learn about religion, let them sing some hymns. If they think it's rubbish like you do then fine. If they don't, isn't that their choice? If they decided to believe what on earth is there to worry about? They might go to church, meet a whole load of people who are just trying to live a better life and help others. They might have fun with a load of other people their age. Surely that's better than a whole lot of other stuff they could end up doing?! The problem with folks like you is that you have no idea at all what it's like inside a church these days. how are you free wills constrained to one set of beliefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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