cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28920677
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2024
242 points (96.5% liked)
People Twitter
5472 readers
1312 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I disagree here, at least in the way you phrased it.
Freedom is about restrictions on what the government provides. If your school teaches Christianity exclusively, for example, then are you really free to practice Buddhism? Not really, because you're essentially getting indoctrinated into whatever religion your school picked to teach, which will directly oppose the religion you want to practice.
I absolutely think religion should be taught at school, and all major religions should be taught. You should finish K-12 with a passing understanding of all of the major world religions and be able to talk intelligently about the differences in the various value systems. This helps immensely in understanding those around you, and it can also help identify those "false prophets" you're talking about because you'll notice where they differ from the main branch of their professed religion.
I'm deeply religious, and I would hate for my religion to be taught exclusively at any school my kids go to. In fact, some of my neighbors send their kids to a private school that teaches my religion, and I would absolutely refuse to send my kids there, even if it was free. I want my kids to decide for themselves what religion (if any) to believe in, because without freedom, what do your choices even mean? I'd much rather have discussions on religion with my kids instead of give sermons.
So I'm absolutely in the camp of schools should be secular, but I'm also firmly in the camp that schools should teach religion, they just need to be impartial.