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tweetiepooh · 10-09-2018, 13:16

Most teaching in schools is secular, even blindly so. Even when some faith position is taught it is often done so "badly" it may as well be secular.

My kids school RE is mostly "christian" with some "islam". The local 6th form has a syllabus focussed on "buddhism". (small letters deliberate - I know their teaching on the Christian faith is very different from what I call Christianity - guessing the same is true for other faiths.

I don't want my kid's faith to be destroyed by "the system", and I'm guessing that's true for others too, even secularists but they seem to want to control things so that their "no faith" position is the only one allowed.

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,285	Re: Should atheism be taught along side religious studies in schools? Most teaching in schools is secular, even blindly so. Even when some faith position is taught it is often done so "badly" it may as well be secular. My kids school RE is mostly "christian" with some "islam". The local 6th form has a syllabus focussed on "buddhism". (small letters deliberate - I know their teaching on the Christian faith is very different from what I call Christianity - guessing the same is true for other faiths. I don't want my kid's faith to be destroyed by "the system", and I'm guessing that's true for others too, even secularists but they seem to want to control things so that their "no faith" position is the only one allowed. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.