christianity is not allowed in schools, so why are other religions being taught there?
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Not many people understand the truth behind this serious schooling problem. In 1967 prayer was banned from school because an atheistic family felt that the presence of God in school was damaging to their son.  So the courts ruled in their favor. Since then several law interpretaions of that ruling have esposed.  The purpose of it all was to get the true God out of the classroom. But the main purpose or motive behind this today is to atheize our children; which in itself is a form of religion.  The factual truth behind this is that our world is being taken over by a sect of man that we do not understand or even realize exists.  A few years ago we feared communism, now we fear terriorism, but what we neet to truely fear is the true God. We are cutting the throats of our children, and their families, by our lack of concern for their eternal security. God's wrath will come upon us and the majority of people will not even know it has occurred.  Any child can talk about God, read his/her Bible, form Bible or religious clubs, and have prayer, and form prayer meetings in the school (as long as it is not teacher instituted).  No teacher, or principal or any school official can legally prevent this.  It is part of the ruling forced down upon us by the courts back in 1967.  By the way, did you know that it was also in 1967 when Israel became a nation, again?
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Not in state-funded schools--separation of church and state should be strictly enforced.  In religious-run institutions, they should do whatever they want.  If a student didn't want the religious instruction, they could go somewhere else.  In my perfect world.
741930
In a theocratic government, there is never the freedom of faith. In most of the Islamic countries, no other religion than Islam can be freely practised.
708575
I say nonChristians can kiss my white Christian behind.  They say I cannot pray in school, yet set aside special prayer rooms for Ramadan.  Maybe Christians need to start car bombing and beheading folks.
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True, it doesn't say verbatim "seperation between church and state", however that somes up the 1st amendment nicely.\n\nHow would you teach a specific religion in a public school and not consider that to be a favoring a specific religion above all others?
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Because it is no more valid than any other religous belief.  What are you going to do, teach thousands of creation myths?\n\nI'm all for having a comparative religion class but what you are really asking is - why can't one particular creation story, from one particular interpertation of one particular religion be taught in a science class?  Simple answer: it's not science.\n\nBecause our school system is secular in the sence that we will not promote one religion over another.\n\nWhy don't you try reading the books I've recommended to you ("Finding Darwins God," by Ken Miller and "Tower of Babel," by Roger Pennock) instead of just deleating your evolution/creation questions when you realize that you don't know what you're talking about?\n\nBoth of those books present views from two different Christian perspectives on how to understand evolution (something you are clearly lacking) and believe fully in Christanity.\n\nWhat are you afraid of? Learning?\n\nMaybe you will stop giving Christians such a bad name by insisting that the sun revolves around the earth.
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I agree with what you are saying to an extent. Parents shouldn't force their children to believe a certain religion, and children should be a certain age/maturity before proclaiming to follow a certain religion....but as parents it is their responsiblity to teach children things they can't learn any where else. I think parents should teach children about all the worlds religions, and not force your own beliefs. But parents do have to provide the guidance, parents have to given them an example. Parents have to teach their children common sense, and right and wrong.They learn about science and math and whatever else in school, they learn about life and the world through their environment, including parents. Don't you think it would be more crippling to a child to grow up not having any spiritual guidance at all? To be completely ignorant to religion and spirituality?
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Christian schools are not part of the public school system and therefore  funded usually by the parents of the students and private donations
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As it is in life, different religions cannot live in harmony. I personally belong to no religion, and find it easy to tollerate and co-exist with people of other religions. Maybe this is a lesson the children of the future need to be taught.
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There were many religions before Christianity. Judaism is one, just the Old Testament. Other religions have multiple Gods and Goddesses. Some have none. Christianity is not the only and not the first and maybe not even the right religion.
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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?
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To answer your questions in order:\n\nYes, there are private schools that teach religion. Although it is not the sort of situation that happens in the US.\n\nThey teach either or both. Shinto only schools are very very rare.\n\nThere are Catholic schools in Japan, run by nuns. But 99% of students are not Christian, and there are very few religious activities.\n\nA lot of preschools/kindergartens are run in temples. Japanese religions are not at all like Christianity, so instead of "religious" teachings, there is more focus on being a good person, etc. There is also pressure put on showing respect to elders and ancestors. \n\nSo, while there are religion affiliated schools, they are nothing like a religious school in the US.
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Public school is not the place for God & religion to be taught or even presented.  How would the decision be made regarding exactly which religion should be presented?  It would be impossible to represent every religion in our country in our schools.  If you are going to do that, it would only be fair to represent athiests as well.  Think of it this way, would a Catholic family be happy if their childred are being taught Jewish beliefs and vice-versa?\n\nThere are alternatives for people who choose to have their children educated in a religious setting.  If that is something that is important to people they should use those options as opposed to trying to force their beliefs on people who do not share them.
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To deliver both sides of the argument. Why shouldn't evolution and creation be taught?  Why can't religion be taught???Not that it's right or wrong but just the facts.  Not just Christianity, but all religions.  I was never taught what other religions believe.  But if its from a factual perspective...what's wrong with that?? Schools are for education...why not educate.\np.s. a "theory" in science does not mean "a guess."  Look it up.
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No.\n\nReligion should be taught by families and in churches, temples, mosques, etc. \n\nWhile I would like my children to have strong morals, faith and belief, I also want my children to have as much knowledge as possible. \n\nIn public schools, a comparative religions class is perfect (and necessary, I believe). Everyone should have a firm and accurate understanding of other religions (what they blieve, some traditions, explanations, how they are different and most imporantly how they are similar). Telling children which is religion is best or right, however, is not acceptable. Parents and Guardians have the right to raise their children as they see fit, but children also have the right to choose the religion they believe is best for them.\n\nWhat should be taught in public schools are things like reading, writing, arithmetic, history, language, philosophy, and science. Children go to school to gain knowledge (including knowledge of religion, for exmaple, in a comparative religions class), not to gain faith. I won't trust others to teach faith (and one cannot truly teach faith) to my children, and I don't think most people should. Not in a public school anyway.
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In Europe we get to learn science in school. :) Even European Christians don't have a problem with that, they are open to knowledge from more sources than the Bible, but then again they are not fundamentalists like so many American Christians.
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If they have to teach about religion, about which religion should they teach? Thats why instead of teaching about any religion,  they try to teach moral science and bring awareness of moral values and human values in children.