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Old 08-04-2012, 09:30   #13
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Re: Rowan Williams to warn of downgrading of religious education

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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
You can look at this 2 ways.
one being that there is a God, and the other being there isn't a God.

the first would be sort of expected to 'learn' about him/it.

the second would be just the long tradition throughout the world. hoping that more members join if you like.

but it doesn't help matters when he says


he's basically saying that there isn't one, but it would be nice to believe that there is.

which is why people question it now. why 'teach' about it in schools when really it's not much different to believing that there really 'was' such thing as Giants, beanstalks and golden eggs?

now you're going to tell me that the Giants, beanstalks and golden eggs was just a story.
Religious education isn’t, or shouldn't be about the existence of God. It's about religion and how it has and continues to shape society. Not to teach it at all would be wrong. It’s like saying lets not teach people about the Nazis because you don't like them. They are part of our history.

All inclusive religious history = Good.
Monotheist and creationist pseudo-science = Bad.
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