Which God should be taught in the public school, the Judeo-Christian one?
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I think they should be teaching all about the ONLY TRUE God.\n\n\nJim_Darwin.    :-)
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You mean my two cents?\nI would agree that an elective course in, say, comparative religions should cover at least the five major religions and perhaps the next 2-3 as well. However, any course or "class" or "club" that promotes a single viewpoint belongs in a church context - not in a public school.
1169431
Teach religious stuff in religion class, actual science in science class.  Give parents or kids themselves the choice of not taking any of the above.  Everybody goes home happy, the ridiculous debate ends.
578657
If they teach in a religious institution, then yes.  If they teach in a public institution, no.  If they teach in a private school, then they should act in accordance with the school policy.\n\nI have a very simple rule for answering these questions.  I substitute Satanism in for religion and see how I respond since that is also a religion.  Do I want a teacher in a public school talking about his or her devil worship?  No.  Therefore, no to all religious talk in public schools.
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Yes.  Religious school.  Public school is government schooling and the government should not promote any partricular relgion or class of religions in any way.  By ensuring that schools carriculums remain secular it empowers parents and loved ones to educate their children on spiritual matters without government interference and preserves our freedom.
1147416
They need to go to Bible school first
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I think that Kathryn is right in that if parents want their children to have a religious education, they should have that right in a private school.  After all, if it's okay to homeschool kids, why can't you have schools that teach the same values there?  It's not state supported, and the parents pay for the privelage.  Of course, it's harder on poor students, but I don't see too much way around that.\n\nPublic schools, however, should not be a place for teaching religion, unless perhaps as a neutral 'World Religions' class.  This is because we want to promote the idea that everyone has the right to their own personal beliefs.  Furthermore, if one specific religion is taught in a public school, the state is promoting that one over any other - not only through speach, but also with money.  By promoting one, it is essentially repressing the others, possibly even promoting prejudice towards the followers of that religion.  Schools should not repress religion - it should be okay to write a paper on a religion topic if you should so choose and have it treated as any other, for example - but neither should it be promoted.  \n\nNon-believing, i.e. atheism, is not neutral.  Choosing to definitively NOT believe in God is just as much a personal, unprovable belief as definitively choosing TO believe in God.  Teaching atheism is therefore also unacceptable.  Schools should try to avoid the topic entirely, and leave it to the private sphere.
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Schools should, in my opinion, when teaching something that conflicts with religion, tell what is commonly believed in from a scientific standpoint, and make students aware that some religions have a different idea of what happened.\nJust my standpoint.
708575
I say nonChristians can kiss my white Christian behind.  They say I cannot pray in school, yet set aside special prayer rooms for Ramadan.  Maybe Christians need to start car bombing and beheading folks.
162208
People need sunday school for their children.  Sunday school does all that is done at school and more. It caters for more. At sunday school, children are shown love and taught about the father of Love, God. Their spirits and emotions are catered for.\nFirstly, the teacher should love children.\nSecondly, the teachet should be a christian and know the bible.\nThirdly, she/he should be kind and humble.
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I think a bigger question or a different approach is " does it hurt the student's actions. And what religion are you talking about? If it's Christianity then how can the teaching of love, morals, respect, and humility hurt? Religious classes shouldn't be forced in school but it could be an elective.
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Not in state-funded schools--separation of church and state should be strictly enforced.  In religious-run institutions, they should do whatever they want.  If a student didn't want the religious instruction, they could go somewhere else.  In my perfect world.
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given the above, you probably give sunday school teachers a run for their money. if you actually read the bible, you'll notice alot of loopholes and contradictory statements. christians view these statements as a test of faith.
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To deliver both sides of the argument. Why shouldn't evolution and creation be taught?  Why can't religion be taught???Not that it's right or wrong but just the facts.  Not just Christianity, but all religions.  I was never taught what other religions believe.  But if its from a factual perspective...what's wrong with that?? Schools are for education...why not educate.\np.s. a "theory" in science does not mean "a guess."  Look it up.
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I think it would be fine to have a voluntary comparative religion class in schools. I think it might create more understanding and tolerance between followers of different religions.\n\nHowever, I don't think it would have much effect on the religion a child would choose. I have observed many times throughout my life that when someone asks a child (under the age of, say, 13) his or her opinion about something like religion or politics, the child will nearly always give the same opinion they've heard their parents give. That's just how kids are.\n\nSince we can't expect parents to avoid exposing their kids to their own religion until the kids are teenagers, I don't think that teaching religion in school would really help kids choose a religion.
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Jews believe in God, the same God that christians worship, the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, etc.  They believe in sin and in forgiveness.  The day of atonement is the day to seek forgiveness for sins.
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Separation of church and state (government) Religion is not banned, I learned about muslims, jewish, greek mythology, ancient egyptian religions. The thing about teaching Christianity is that there are so many fine differences that people currently practice, parents do not want their children to be taught that 'thou shalt not make unto thy self any graven image which is in heaven or on earth to worship" This especially pi$$es of catholics. Thus we have no christianity in schools.