Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Semantics. Call it what you will.


I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, my parents still belong. When I was growing up it was very difficult for a Catholic to get permission to marry a non-Catholic, and if permission was granted it was with the stipulation that all children would be raised as Catholics. (My maternal grandfather and my wife's father were both protestants, but none of their children were permitted to be raised as such.) Basically the Church said, "Your religious beliefs are fine, but don't try to teach them to children of Catholics."


Yes, it is. But there is a difference between teaching students ABOUT the major faiths and indoctrinating them into a specific religion. Showing students the differences and similarities between religions doesn't offset the "brainwashing", or teaching if you prefer, which tells them that this ONE particular religion is the only TRUE religion.

Teaching About Faith in general is fine, but do not indoctrine it into the Teachin,g in Public Scholls, do not take Certain Portion od the Bible and teach those,
I am not of Christian Faith, however, if my public school wanted to teach the Kouran, The Torha, ect I would appose that also, that is for Relgious Schools, Sunday SChools, Chuch's ect, NO punblic schools, and no i am NOT an Athiest, I just simply do not believe that students is a PUBLIC Schol should be required to study and know the Bible and not other religion,s if they wanted to mandate studing the Torah, or Kouran, I am oppsed ot that as well, Public Schols should be used ot Teach the 3R's, Math, Science, Phys Ed ect NOT indoctrinate a Religion, this is why the United State sHas SeperationOf Church and State to insure the Goernemnt does not push one relgion over anothe,r and both Tax Payer money and local taxes pay for Public schools, thus the seperation of church and stae
If there is a class that give an over view of say Christianity over Judiam, Or Islam ect, as a learning tool that is fine, but over sight conmparing the variousrealgions is entirely different the the Svhools saying "We are going to make our Students read and study the Bible" this favoirs 1 religion overthe other and violates in a publish area the seperation is all iam trying to say