"John of Aix" wrote in message
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> Number Two wrote:
>> "Svenne" wrote
>>
>>>> There should be schools of all faiths as well as non-denomination
>>>> schools.
>>>
>>>> It's about freedom of choice, not restricting it, you moron.
>>>
>>> When I was a kid I was forced to go to a school run by the Virgin
>>> worshippers. We were taught to pray to statues and kiss their feet
>>> and hate ourselves and our bodies.
>>
>> [snip draconian education]
>>
>>> So don't go talking about "freedom of choice."
>>>
>>> Schools should be free from religious indoctrination.
>>
>> I completely agree with your statement.
>>
>> Perhaps I should rephrase: education should include all faiths.
>
> Quite. As others and you have said, they are part of general culture but
> to educate people on (not in) all faiths means that the schools have to be
> non-denominational otherwise they are inevitably biased..
It's totally impractical. There are at least 4,200 religions in the world.
To learn even the basics about them would take up the entire school
curriculum for years.
And to select only a few hundred would, by definition, still be exhibiting
bias.
It should be up to the individual to decide once he/she has reached the age
of reason - probably around 18 years old - if he/she wishes to join one.
Then perhaps he would volunteer to (for example) have his gentials mutilated
by his own choice and not someone else's when he is too young to fight back,
or (for another example) agree to be thrashed with a cane for thinking about
..
Jeez. Are *all* religions that insane?
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