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[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A map about people who paid attention in history and government class vs those who didn’t.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I didn't need those classes to know forcing religion onto others is the exact opposite of what Jesus wanted

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Exactly. Grew up Christian and it convinced me to be agnostic. Even then, I still would never add religious beliefs to the teaching of children early in life, when they clearly lack intelligent decision making skills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, are you ever convinced as an agnostic? I thought, that was the point.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

I think teaching about religion is fine and actually good for interacting with people outside your culture. Teaching of a specific religion is where you run into trouble.

I had a unit early on in school and another one in my early teens where we basically learned about the origins of a bunch of different religions and cultures surrounding them. Learned a lot about people that otherwise would seem unapproachable to me.