Religion and Public Schools

[Aesir]

This debate is going to be a little different then most religious debates, or I at least hope that'll be the case.

Given the lack of understanding Americans have for most religions outside of Christianity I think it be a great idea to actually make a comparative religion class part of high school curriculum.

Now what is comparative religion?

Comparative religion is a field of religious study that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions. Religion can be defined as the human notions regarding the sacred, numinous, spiritual and divine.[1]

In the field of comparative religion, the main world religions are generally[citation needed] classified as either Abrahamic, Indian or Taoic. Areas of study also include creation myths and Humanism.

-source Comparative Religion

I think a study for high school students would be great, they would be taught the history and facts about the worlds religions. I would argue a comparative religious course would only make students more accepting over other views and would likely only make them more wise especially in the realm of civic duty. When a Paster comes on seeking electing and runs on a platform that is inheritable religious they'll be able to identify that and understand a politician is trying to fuse religion and politics together.

I must also stress when I mean a comparative religious course, they would not be teaching dogma to children, just the facts and history behind the religions. This kind of course would not violate the separation of church and state since we're not favoring one over the other, this would be a secular policy which coincides with our secular government.

 

[adumbrodeus]

This debate is going to be a little different then most religious debates, or I at least hope that'll be the case.

Given the lack of understanding Americans have for most religions outside of Christianity I think it be a great idea to actually make a comparative religion class part of high school curriculum.

Now what is comparative religion?



-source Comparative Religion

I think a study for high school students would be great, they would be taught the history and facts about the worlds religions. I would argue a comparative religious course would only make students more accepting over other views and would likely only make them more wise especially in the realm of civic duty. When a Paster comes on seeking electing and runs on a platform that is inheritable religious they'll be able to identify that and understand a politician is trying to fuse religion and politics together.

I must also stress when I mean a comparative religious course, they would not be teaching dogma to children, just the facts and history behind the religions. This kind of course would not violate the separation of church and state since we're not favoring one over the other, this would be a secular policy which coincides with our secular government.

I think this really doesn't need much explanation:

Include non-religious thought in the course and it's development, then it's not violating the separation of church and state (it does prefer religion over non-religion otherwise).

Then it's good.