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NutmegYankee

(16,177 posts)
52. It's key to understanding culture.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 03:53 PM
Oct 2014

Social studies can't teach about the world without studying religion.

The subject of his disdain is irrevevant... notrightatall Oct 2014 #1
I agree totally if he threatened to cause a disruption exboyfil Oct 2014 #4
specific enough?? notrightatall Oct 2014 #9
That does not sound like a specific threat exboyfil Oct 2014 #10
they are all covered within the context of elehhhhna Oct 2014 #30
Agree, he is a major jerk and a bigot to boot. cbayer Oct 2014 #59
Why? I don't think kids need to be taught what religions upaloopa Oct 2014 #2
Ignorance is bliss. notrightatall Oct 2014 #3
Did you read my post? I said they should be free upaloopa Oct 2014 #6
The more they are taught, the better decisions they can make. notrightatall Oct 2014 #7
It is not up to you to decide what most parents upaloopa Oct 2014 #8
Bullshit. notrightatall Oct 2014 #12
A citizenship does not give you the right to teach upaloopa Oct 2014 #13
Teaching children the fantasies of religion as fact is child abuse. notrightatall Oct 2014 #15
Glad you don't rule the rest of us. upaloopa Oct 2014 #17
Parents do not "own" their children. notrightatall Oct 2014 #18
Neither do you but they do have a responsibility upaloopa Oct 2014 #22
Wrong. That responsibility for those children is a shared responsibility. notrightatall Oct 2014 #25
You will have a hard time convincing the courts upaloopa Oct 2014 #26
THAT does not make me "WRONG", now does it? notrightatall Oct 2014 #28
Child abuse? Are you suggesting that people that raise their children in a religious household cbayer Oct 2014 #61
I would say that society is punished for that. notrightatall Oct 2014 #65
But what you said is that parents that raise their children in religious households are guilty cbayer Nov 2014 #66
They are punished, we all are. notrightatall Nov 2014 #67
Again, you don't answer the question but just reply with some hollow rhetoric. cbayer Nov 2014 #68
?. notrightatall Nov 2014 #69
So your answer is an oblique angle? That makes about as much sense as you other non-answers, cbayer Nov 2014 #70
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Great, that means another generation of knuckle-dragging idiots. Thanks! notrightatall Oct 2014 #38
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.. notrightatall Oct 2014 #45
Agreed, from a scientific approach, children should be taught about the various religions randys1 Oct 2014 #33
I agree with you. cbayer Oct 2014 #62
I bet they'll throng to research Eucildean geometry on their own. rug Oct 2014 #14
What does it matter? upaloopa Oct 2014 #16
Schools at a minimum should teach about the world. rug Oct 2014 #19
So we have elected school boards and we are upaloopa Oct 2014 #21
Only "time and thought" will end the scourge to humanity that is religion. notrightatall Oct 2014 #29
Then The Five Pillars should not be taught exboyfil Oct 2014 #5
I disagree. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #11
I don't see religion as a positive force in the world. upaloopa Oct 2014 #24
This is exactly what I plan to teach my kids. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #27
I think I like most of what you say upaloopa Oct 2014 #34
Yes, that is a better way to put it. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #37
Pretty much sucked if your religion wasn't in the top three, huh? nt peace13 Oct 2014 #42
Yup. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #44
How does one teach world history Goblinmonger Oct 2014 #20
In context with other things it is relevant. upaloopa Oct 2014 #36
Ah, that explains your objection better. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #39
I think so. I hate that our society places upaloopa Oct 2014 #43
Yes, and I think we need to combat the anti-intellectualism to make headway. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #46
Emmanuel Kant says it well I think. I was in college at a Catholic school when they said we could upaloopa Oct 2014 #47
That is quite interesting... Bookmarked for reading after class! Thanks nt F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #48
He wrote that in 1784 as a reply to a contest upaloopa Oct 2014 #51
try teaching world history without it elehhhhna Oct 2014 #31
Yup. Religion has had an enormous impact on the world's history. riqster Oct 2014 #50
It's key to understanding culture. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #52
I get that. As long as it is neutral and non believers upaloopa Oct 2014 #53
In a public school, that's guaranteed. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #54
I disagree. You could teach that religion plays a roll upaloopa Oct 2014 #55
I guess we will disagree. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #56
Yep upaloopa Oct 2014 #57
Religion is a major factor both in history and current politics. cbayer Oct 2014 #60
I think it is put on a pedestal. upaloopa Oct 2014 #63
Oh I agree that there is religious privilege when it comes to christianity, but cbayer Oct 2014 #64
Given the widespread misinformation about Islam coming from terrified, warmongering reactionaries, Maedhros Oct 2014 #23
+1 F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #32
There is a common misperception in this country that examining a subject Maedhros Oct 2014 #41
How very true. riqster Oct 2014 #49
The article says that they do teach about other religions when they are studying cbayer Oct 2014 #58
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