and discovering many new things that our schools didnt teach us that having a religion could come down to personnal preference
215939
Huh? Religions have always come down to personal preference...and familial and community pressure...so what's your point? I'm missing something here.
225912
Because in unknown or unexplained events, people rather choose superstition (or religion) instead of admitting they don't know. Sometimes for hope.
242723
DESPITE. While many claim we are a Christain nation, there have been many advancements that had nothing to do with religion. If anything, religon has held us back from becoming a greater spiritual nation...spirituality is way different from religion which is manmade.
591916
it is hard 4 them cause they dont have our beliefs.
375306
I think it's absurd, school is meant to teach you how to learn, to achieve this you must open the mind not close it. To subscribe to a system of beliefs is to close the mind to certain issues, there is no other way around that. To truly learn a new thing efficiently and without bias you must first admit that you don't know certain things. If you have already come to a conclusion about a thing because of religious indoctrination with out doing your own research to confirm, then this trend will continue for the rest of your life, because it is easy, it is human nature to take the easy road, and this is what cripples your ability to learn efficiently.
598020
There are things that happen in this world that are above our understanding.  If we were to know how everything worked, we would be God.  Not understanding everything makes us human.
502721
We are born atheist, asantaist, aracist.  We are born without beliefs in god, santa and racism.  We are taught those.
624109
I think it helped as far as anyone who is now a believer in that way of life, knows that there is something out there that they can join in on.  Not my cup of tea, but who am I to tell people how to practice thier religion... I had never heard of it before the book.
399827
I was not aware Christianity was an obstacle to a healthy social interaction between two individuals.
561222
That is a very interesting insight.....however i dont think evolution should be taught in sunday school, everything has a time and space. In school, I think there should be taught both things, that way the person has a right to choose whatever view they desire.
563336
from the day we are born, we are taught, we learn this from our parents, grand parents ,siblings ,other family members. we than go to school for at least 12 years, we are taught again  by many people, many different teachers,  this adds to the already being taught by  the family. now teachers, perhaps ministers and  priests, other children are perhaps teaching us to at this time. at 18 we are an adult,  those who go onto a higher education are now taught by a whole new group of teachers, those of us who dont go on to higher education are self taught. now we can vote ,the polititions are now teaching us how it works.  there are so many things we have learned through our wholelife but it was taught to us, it was manatory. although we may dissagree with the things we are taught in this life, we are taught choice. so to answer your question, parents teachers ministers goverment has to un teach us things, after all it all starts with them.  unlearning something after you,ve been taught it for years, after society teaches you it, is a imposible dream. i say learn all you can learn, but learn you have a choice, and make those choices wise, we also learn that.
633666
we must have balance in our schools,religion is everywhere in our society.walk around outside, and tell me, how many different people you run into.9 times out of 10, you will run into a person who has a different faith, (value system) then you do. look at our architecture, and tell me, how religion has shaped our buildings. look at our paintings, and show me, how religion has impacted paintings. look at atheism, and show me, how this religion is shaping our culture.religion is a part of everything and anything. i prefer to have our kids learn about Christianity, and other religions in school, so he can make up his own mind, rather then someone pushing religion on him, while on the outside.\n                                    God Bless
590451
The religions are probably O.K. Now you get to the humans who interpret and teach. Here is the problem. They change to fit the times. It gets so mixed up even they don't have a clue as to what the religion is all about. I think that is why some religions try to keep the teachers out of the real world. That corrupts the. Like at Jim Baker, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, John Ankerberg, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart on and on. See What I mean?
201328
Good for you! It is not wrong but remember to start exposing him to those different type of religion now so he will be able to look back to make his choice
143047
I think being an Atheist takes more faith because if their wrong their in trouble.
30668
they thought that by teaching modern education they will stray away from islam
187557
some of us with more than 2 brain cells to rub together think religion is for the birds.