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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
I find this comment interesting. I'm not religious, and this is completely anecdotal, but my discussions with a lot of religious people have led me to believe that they lack critical thinking skills.
They seem very willing to ignore substantial evidence that shows that Earth is more than 6,000 years old, for example.
I would be fine with my child learning history (and including religion in there), but I would be very not fine with her being taught that homosexuality is a sin and that the Earth is only 6000 years old.
However, I would be willing to allow it if they also taught that Jesus rode a Tyrannosaurus.
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I'm not talking about teaching theosophy and enforcing dogma, I'm talking about teaching the history and complexity of religion.
Sure religious people are close-minded, they don't want to challenge their worldview most of the time. I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the symbolism, the history, the esotericism, the influence, the foundations of one of the most influential aspects of society for thousands of years. I find it absolutely fascinating; the tree of life, kabbalism, the upside down cross, Jesuits, Templars, the Vatican, Kali and Kali. How does it all fit together? I don't know but I sure as heck wish they'd have taught some of it in school over some of the other wasted hours because when you look into the complexities of it it expands the minds ability to think critically and ability to identify patterns.