Theology has no place at the table of knowledge
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Except in social studies class. People should be aware of other people's religions. But each religion should be taught equally, or in proportion to how many members they have. Kids should also be able to learn why people join religions and why religions are persuasive.
Except in social studies class.
Social studies class has religious studies for this. There is no place for theology.
Now we just have to move the state away from science... maybe another wall?
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Luther was among the first to advocate for separation of Church and State. First, to keep the State out of Church business. And second, to clear the path for a more democratic structure for Christianity but not for the State.
What about private schools?
Private schools are just that: privately funded. I used to attend a private "Christian school" and they were very open about what they would / wouldn't be teaching there.
Taking money from public funds and use it to encourage religious teaching is wrong. Especially when their morals include "x people are less than/must submit to y people" and "people who do [fill in the blank] are sinning against God and their actions are unambiguously wrong".
It's a slippery slope, especially because my family went down a path of "physical and mental illness is a result of your sins and spiritual shortcomings." I personally know of at least 3 pastors (whose church I used to attend) who have a child who eventually committed suicide. They do not see a connection.
It's evil.
I agree with this sentiment. Otherwise, where is the department of gangbangs? Because, wouldn't sex be a big government thing? They already want control of when you can fuck and when you can't as well as what you should do if you fucked and now you're pregnant. Or pregnant and fucked. But actually, don't worry if you're pregnant and can't undo it, worry about the future of that baby. Its not the kid's fault, its society. If you think about it, without religion in the way fogging your mind, a sentient human is not fully there when there's only a few thousand neurons, so it is defined not there even when there's just a heart beat. Its like having a tiny seed that just sprouted and worrying about the climate change effects if you stop watering it. There's probably a point in the pregnancy when there's enough brain activity to think something. But anyway, these are philosophical questions until science can prove them, so there's no need for government to be involved.
But if there must be sex and religion in government, then totally, I would like to apply for a gangbang license please! If I like it, my wife may be interested too.
Children needs to be taught religion in a way they can comprehend the reasons to believe them, and make them understand what they're believing in it. Otherwise cults can take over to exploit the lack of knowledge in religion.
If there were any valid reasons to believe a religion was true, there wouldn't be a problem with teaching it in school.
Children need to be taught religions/cults are a means to bypass their logic and reason and appeal to their emotions, usually because they want something from them.
Especially the religions/cults that have high pressure recruitment.
And remember, the only difference between a cult and a religion is scale.
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