[Tom4784]

Faith based schools shouldn't be a thing, religion should be taught in RE in a balanced impartial matter. Religion should never form the backbone of an education facility.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Faith based schools shouldn't be a thing, religion should be taught in RE in a balanced impartial matter. Religion should never form the backbone of an education facility.

I personally believe that there shouldn't even be an RE lesson at School.

Religion is something that's personal to the individual and should be practiced in the person's free time, wasting an hour or more on something so trivial is just bizarre to me when we could have that time dedicated to something that's done less but is more important to learn in life like History, Geography, Technology etc.

My other issue with RE is that whoever's teaching it is never going to be impartial.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I personally believe that there shouldn't even be an RE lesson at School.

Religion is something that's personal to the individual and should be practiced in the person's free time, wasting an hour or more on something so trivial is just bizarre to me when we could have that time dedicated to something that's done less but is more important to learn in life like History, Geography, Technology etc.

My other issue with RE is that whoever's teaching it is never going to be impartial.

RE as a subject couldn't be less trivial.

In most cases it's not like going to church (or any other place of worship) and being taught to believe the earth is flat and bearded men live on clouds etc fgs. It's a full education on the history and culture from around the world. Very valid education.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

RE as a subject couldn't be less trivial.

In most cases it's not like going to church (or any other place of worship) and being taught to believe the earth is flat and bearded men live on clouds etc fgs. It's a full education on the history and culture from around the world. Very valid education.

It's something that can be picked up on in day to day life, I know that I've learned more about Religions in my own spare time than I ever did when I was at School.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It's something that can be picked up on in day to day life, I know that I've learned more about Religions in my own spare time than I ever did when I was at School.

Yes, we can all learn about the entire world in our day to day life.

Close the schools! We can just learn in our spare time!

[arista]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yes, we can all learn about the entire world in our day to day life.

Close the schools! We can just learn in our spare time!

No Close Schools like this one
that have gone wrong

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

No Close Schools like this one
that have gone wrong

Precisely Arista

ironic that the people who say all Muslims mustn't be judged on the actions of a few are quite happy to close all faith schools on the actions of a handful, where is the freedom of expression or choice in that or shall we sweep those freedoms aside for religious people to please the atheists

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yes, we can all learn about the entire world in our day to day life.

Close the schools! We can just learn in our spare time!

Ironically I've educated myself a lot better than my Teachers ever did.

But obviously I know that School is needed for those that need guidance, and to get better at socializing.

But you honestly think that teaching Religion is so important when you're going to School? It gets talked about so much in day to day life that it isn't really needed as you're very likely to get your information from your parents, friends, atheists, and the Political side of them you can learn from the news.

When you're going to School you want to learn about stuff that's gonna help you provide for yourself such as English, Maths, Science, History (if you want to become an Historian) Geography, PE etc, yet a lot of these are studied significantly less just so the Teachers can put their own points of view across on a particular Religion/Religions.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Ironically I've educated myself a lot better than my Teachers ever did.

But obviously I know that School is needed for those that need guidance, and to get better at socializing.

But you honestly think that teaching Religion is so important when you're going to School? It gets talked about so much in day to day life that it isn't really needed as you're very likely to get your information from your parents, friends, atheists, and the Political side of them you can learn from the news.

When you're going to School you want to learn about stuff that's gonna help you provide for yourself such as English, Maths, Science, History (if you want to become an Historian) Geography, PE etc, yet a lot of these are studied significantly less just so the Teachers can put their own points of view across on a particular Religion/Religions.

If you think education is only about preparing you for what you might require in a job ("if you want to become a historian") then this conversation is over.

Also, why are you suggesting that time is lost on English, Maths, Science and History to spend more time on religion where the teachers push their own beliefs on the students? That's a bizarre notion.

[T*]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Faith based schools shouldn't be a thing, religion should be taught in RE in a balanced impartial matter. Religion should never form the backbone of an education facility.

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