Religious Holidays in Public Schools

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Originally Posted by Toughy

If we don't teach about other religions in public schools, how will the kids ever find out? There are plenty of kids graduating from public high school today who think Islam is about devil worship because that is what they are taught at home. Most probably have no idea that Jews, Muslims and Christians all worship the same God.

I do think curriculum can be produced that talks about the principles, stories and rituals, without be insulting or offensive. I do think curriculum can be neutral in how it talks about religions. I think it should also include aethism.

But to do that would require actually wanting to move our evolution, as humans, forward. I'm certainly not seeing signs of that in Western culture, as unfettered capitalism runs amok and ruins each of us and the planet we live on

Because of the Constitution I don't agree that school kids need to learn about any religion, any of them on my tax payer dollar. If they would like to learn about other cultures religions, they have plenty of options. Internet, public libraries, actually going to another cultures place of worship, talking...there's a novel idea..talking to people who aren't like them. It needn't be done with tax dollars. Yes atheism needs to be considered, cause not everyone believes in a God/Goddess, Supreme Being or any other Deity.