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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Religious Studies should be abolished and replaced with Cultural Studies that looks at a wide variety of different cultures to provide a rounded look at the world without digging deep into any one particular religion.

In my middle school RS lessons and homework was always rewriting bible stories. The school had no religious affiliation so I have no idea how that teacher got away with focusing solely on christianity.

My senior school wasn't specifically religious but it had was linked to and made us of a christian building. And RS was taught by a reverend but it was a lot more balanced covering Islam and Hinduism too. Regardless I was very happy they weren't ridiculous enough to force RS as a GCSE subject.