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Originally Posted by Damien
I liked R.E, I find religion very intresting. Especially the History of it which we were not taught much. I dont see why you are allowed to remove your children from it since its never about converting people.
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We had two RE teachers, one related the to Mr Elphick from Boon, a devout christian (although there were rumours he was once a hells angel, and more likely a spitfire pilot during the war) and an excellent teacher who saw RE as a way of educating people about the worlds religions without needing to say if they are right or wrong, and he and I would have long discussions while the rest of the kids were disruptive or busy watching the Ten Commandments.
The other RE teacher, who thankfully I never had, graded people down if they weren't christians, loved the idea of judgment day when non-christians will be slaughtered, and was basically a nasty piece of work dressed up as a follower of christianity. Oh and there was a substitute teacher we had once who again had a low view of non-christians.
So, it all depends on the teacher, a good teacher will be impartial and educational, a poor teacher will try to portray their own religious beliefs as the truth.