Religious Education Should Be Required In Schools

No, I don't see Muslim children studying Christianity. I also don't see Christian children studying Islam.

My point on this is that if you study someone else religious doctrine, or cultural beliefs, then you're more likely to be able to understand them. A lot of bias is cause by lack of communication between the sides and lack of understanding. Of course, I'm talking about not radical bias. Radical bias is pretty hard to fix no matter what. B y radical bias I mean the 'I'm right and i'm so right that there's no way you're even remotely right sice you don't agree with me and I'm not even going to argue with you about it' approach.

Of course, not every single religion should be shown, but the ones that are from distinct groups, and the ones that you're likely to encounter should definetely be at the least lightly covered.

Requiring kids to learn about someone else's perspective could never hurt. It'd at the least teach them that their opinion isn't the only one, or that society's isn't the only acceptable one.

It wouldn't be 'political correctness' so much in my opinion, and it could actually introduce kids to something like a new religion or culture which would fascinate them and possibly give them more drive. At the least it would encourage awareness of other's views.

Basically a class on different points of views in the world. It couldn't hurt, at the least.

FoxFire

08 May 2008 20:07

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No, I don't see Muslim children studying Christianity. I also don't see Christian children studying Islam.

My point on this is that if you study someone else religious doctrine, or cultural beliefs, then you're more likely to be able to understand them. A lot of bias is cause by lack of communication between the sides and lack of understanding. Of course, I'm talking about not radical bias. Radical bias is pretty hard to fix no matter what. B y radical bias I mean the 'I'm right and i'm so right that there's no way you're even remotely right sice you don't agree with me and I'm not even going to argue with you about it' approach.

Of course, not every single religion should be shown, but the ones that are from distinct groups, and the ones that you're likely to encounter should definetely be at the least lightly covered.

Requiring kids to learn about someone else's perspective could never hurt. It'd at the least teach them that their opinion isn't the only one, or that society's isn't the only acceptable one.

It wouldn't be 'political correctness' so much in my opinion, and it could actually introduce kids to something like a new religion or culture which would fascinate them and possibly give them more drive. At the least it would encourage awareness of other's views.

Basically a class on different points of views in the world. It couldn't hurt, at the least.

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No, I don't see Muslim children studying Christianity. I also don't see Christian children studying Islam.

Of course, not every single religion should be shown, but the ones that are from distinct groups, and the ones that you're likely to encounter should definetely be at the least lightly covered.

Requiring kids to learn about someone else's perspective could never hurt. It'd at the least teach them that their opinion isn't the only one, or that society's isn't the only acceptable one.

Basically a class on different points of views in the world. It couldn't hurt, at the least.