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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Religious dogma has no place in the public school system. However, religious studies definitely does. Whether we like it or not, religions dominated history and its important to understand how and why.
I agree with peter12, the way humanities are taught in high school are woefully inadequate, particularly the social studies aspects. Regurgitating facts and predetermined observations do not promote critical thought, or do a good job of teaching the subtle nuances of history.
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The philosophy of religion is incredibly important to our health as a society and it's something is being lost ever more suddenly.
Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I've been getting back to reading more philosophy, I'm co-reading Bloom's Closing of the American Mind and Plato's Republic and it's just pathetic how accurate Bloom's critique of education and how foreign Plato is to so many students.
I tend to think we live in very ignorant times.