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In reply to the discussion: Why a Marine dad was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to Islam essay [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)19. Schools at a minimum should teach about the world.
The beliefs of a fifth of the world and the applications of geometry are part of it.
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Why a Marine dad was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to Islam essay [View all]
exboyfil
Oct 2014
OP
Wrong. That responsibility for those children is a shared responsibility.
notrightatall
Oct 2014
#25
Child abuse? Are you suggesting that people that raise their children in a religious household
cbayer
Oct 2014
#61
But what you said is that parents that raise their children in religious households are guilty
cbayer
Nov 2014
#66
So your answer is an oblique angle? That makes about as much sense as you other non-answers,
cbayer
Nov 2014
#70
Agreed, from a scientific approach, children should be taught about the various religions
randys1
Oct 2014
#33
Only "time and thought" will end the scourge to humanity that is religion.
notrightatall
Oct 2014
#29
Emmanuel Kant says it well I think. I was in college at a Catholic school when they said we could
upaloopa
Oct 2014
#47
Given the widespread misinformation about Islam coming from terrified, warmongering reactionaries,
Maedhros
Oct 2014
#23
The article says that they do teach about other religions when they are studying
cbayer
Oct 2014
#58