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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Nativity plays are quite different to teaching ID in science lessons, as for Easter is seems that most of our youth seem to think it's about chocolate rather than a religious event according to a couple of polls I saw a couple of weeks back
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Oh come on. If you(as a teacher) tell a kid about the birth of Christ and they will believe it is true. You are an adult and a teacher and they are young and impressionable so why would they doubt it?
You go to a church and a grown up man in full tribal dress stands in front of you telling you the story of Jesus and asking you to sing songs in his honour. Why would any kid think for a moment that what they are being told is untrue?
The fact they get chocolate as well is incidental. The story of Jesus(they are told this is the "true meaning") is already ingrained.
Kids should be given both sides of the story and left to decide but they aren't. They are given one side and that's all. Only when they get older and more informed can they break free. But for some it's too late, normally because their parents have assisted in the brainwashing and they simply become too far gone.