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Thanks for attempting to answer this.
So if we let a cult start setting laws and influencing out life's, then it becomes a religion. I am sure you would rebound in horror if Scientology became more influential in politics and thus became more accepted as religion in the way of Christianity. That is my view on current religions. They should not have anything to do with the state, laws or my daily life. I am not religious so why should these things be allowed to dictate my life? They shouldn't.
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The thing to understand is that society develops around a particular religion ,most of our own laws ,traditions and our general way of life is a direct result of how Britain embraced Christianity ,other countries develope according to the religion they adhere to .Cults can never become a religion in that sense ,some do become large and gain the status of a religion Scientology being one such case although it still has a long way to go to be fully accepted
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So teach kids about religion as part of history, just not as a separate lesson. If parents want to teach their kids, let them do it. It would be good if religion wasn't forced upon kids but there is no way to police this.
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Religion today is a massive part of our lives with the sudden introduction of Islam into our communities ,this thread is proof that there are problems with the integration of different religions as there always has been throughout history so i see RE as even more important than ever before