Chipmonker Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Was just reading Time magazing and came upon this; short and sweet, Should the Bible be taught in Public Schools? Or in a broader sense, should religion be kept out of the public eye? State your opinion and a few reasons why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I think it shouldn't. People have the right to choose whether they want religion in their life or want to live without it. If Religion was taught at school and in church, you could imagine the number of parents removing their children from school because of it, which would result in a idiotic generation. (strange really, just watching the simpsons online, and i watch one actually talking about this :P) Evolution is for the school, because thats in the scince and can be used for the future jobs. (creatism can lead to jobs but only a few jobs needs that info, and can easily be taught at churches) Creatism is for the churches for those who want to be involved with religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I think they were arguing about making it an elective. Even as an elective, there are SO MANY versions of the Bible, so it wouldn't be fair if they had let's say two versions and not all of them. That's why they have religious schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipmonker Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 IMHO, I think that without teaching parts of the Bible in public schools, leads to massive amounts of missed information and misunderstanding. I mean, how in the world will you be able to understand the world's history without knowledge of the Bible? For example, look at one small topic, British Literature. Could you understand John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost? (Based on the fall of Satan) Could you grasp the concepts and poems the Romatics writers spoke of like Wordsworth and Coleridge? Could you grasp the allusions Shakespeare makes in his plays? Or even what C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were referencing in Narnia and the LOTR (I'm not kidding about that). And Brit Lit isn't the only subject. You can include anything historic - American History, European, African, World History. Not to mention art, music, government, politics and science. Imagine the hundreds of thousands of art and music pieces that were written and drawn by the Church, for the Church. Even Da Vinci is included in that. Or imagine the huge amounts of disputes or governments that were created because of doctrine of the different churches. Would you understand the terrorism and riots occuring in Ireland if you only looked at the politics behind it? And for science, here is a great example. On Friday, our Chemistry prof. lectured us on how the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (the universal law of increasing entropy) disproves the theory of evolution. http://www.donahue.tv/abiogenesis.htm <-- Relates Evolution, the Bible and Science. So as you can see, ignoring religion in school is absurd. It's just not a good idea at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Hmm actually they do teach about that in schools. At least in my old school, they used to tell us what it mean in religion and all. What they mean about teaching the Bible is teaching more about Jesus and the testaments, not necessarily what it means in Art and Writing because in a lot of schools they do talk about that. If they do have Bible teaching in schools to teach people so they don't misunderstand everything they hear, then maybe have Bible teaching of the main religions that are subject of misunderstanding. It would be nice because I've heard so many people talking rubbish about a religion without even attending a ceremony to back up their opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 No offence to anyone, but in our school assembly today I was forced to bow my head during the school prayer, which is read at the start of each term. This to me seems like religion being forced on kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Bowing doesn't necessarily mean 'religious'. It can also mean respect towards someone. Either way, I've never heard of a non-religious school having a school prayer? No offense, I don't really know how schools are over there where you live. Either way, I don't think they're forcing you into religion, they're not telling you to believe in a God or to follow a religion, I think they're just making you do that as a sign of respect if that is a school tradition. Then again, correct me if I'm wrong. Where I live, they don't have prayers at public schools or private non-religious schools. Well, they do offer prayers if something bad happens, but they don't really have a school prayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dan. Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I know it's respectful to bow your heads and listen to the prayer and all that, but I find it somehow infringes on my rights as a human being when they force me to listen to the farce. I mean, at all my previous schools, we were always allowed the right to not attend assemblys when a pastor would be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipmonker Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 It happens. For me, it was sitting through biology class for a month having to shut up or fail. But I didn't hold a grudge or feel as if I was threatened. The only way I would have objected is if it had been detrimental to my physical and mental well being. Which it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie_Penguin Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 If you have a suggestion box or something, you can write down the idea of making it optional for people to attend assemblies. This post has been edited by a member of staff (Chipmonker) because of a violation of the forum rules. Ehhh...this post is getting a little old. PM me to have it reopened. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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