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Originally Posted by GGG
If the public school would add religious sections to the curriculum I would be all for it. Even at a young age kids should be learning about other religions. Keep it fact based rather than dogmatic. To me it seems that the public solution is to eliminate all religion rather than accomodate religion. Instead of prayer to start the day there should be an opportunity for quiet reflection. The lack of any spirtuality in the public system hurts its curriculim.
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I agree with this to an extent. Religion should be taught in Social Studies and History as a part of learning about different cultures. It shouldn't be given any special class on its own, but I would agree with teaching about religions practiced in other cultures over the dogmatic "This is right, this is wrong" stuff.
I went through both Catholic and Christian school. In University, I took theology classes. I ended up to be the only Atheist in a highly religious family because of how much religion I took in school. So I wouldn't say that going to religion based schools really impacts how the children end up because they will always form their own opinion. However, it is nice to know about the other religions and can be respectful of them.