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Originally Posted by Russic
Ya I can see what they're doing to an extent. They claim they are eliminating the words that might be unfamiliar or "evoke unpleasant emotions". The familiarity I totally get. Unpleasant emotions I'm a little less sensitive to (perhaps I'm just getting old and cranky).
As an atheist I just don't know why somebody would be offended by answering a test question about Jesus (a question of "how many wise men visited baby Jesus would be a different story of course). Why a test question would ever involve Jesus is beyond me, but I'm just using it as an example. Despite not believing in him, the very mention of his name isn't something I find bothersome, much like I don't take issue with Ramadan or being wished a Happy Hanukah.
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Yeah, I never understood this either. In elementary school, we had an Asian teacher that taught us how to make Yin-Yang symbols in art class. I thought it was a great way to intorduce kids to a culture and set of ideas that they may be unfamiliar with (even if the symbol is involved in religion). I think it was very valuable. It's what education is all about (it was a Catholic school btw).
The way some parents would have it, those types of lessons should not happen. To me, that is too bad.