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Re: Should atheism be taugh along side religious studies in schools?
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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
Tolerance is a good one, unfortunately. It seems to me that intolerance is what is taught. Children in the infant school playground rarely even see the differences between themselves and the other children they play with. At some stage, as they grow, they learn to highlight those differences.
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I notice my children are more tolerant than I am and a lot more tolerant than my husband is.
Seeing people as different is taught by parents and some schools via belief systems. So maybe this is what I mean by teaching tolerance.
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