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bhutocracy · 03-31-2007, 08:57 PM

I would say no, mainly because of the reality of the implementation.
In an ideal world you'd have an impartial history & literature teacher going over the historical relevance and influence of both the bible and the koran (as the global culture war of this century is looking like being framed this way.)
However anyone with experience of religion classes in public schools would know that they simply bring in a few guys from the local church group to "teach the bible" and it ends up being nothing more than a slightly more advanced sunday school. It would take a great deal of organisation and will for this not to be the case and I don't really see it happening.

I also believe that this is far down the list of educational needs. There are FAR more important things for kids to learn than the titles of gospels. And simply put, I think only a minority of students would really get anything out of even an ideal comparative religion class. Most kids in highscool just aren't that interested in how these books have defined and shaped humanity. they're more worried about what happened on the OC.

03-31-2007, 08:57 PM
bhutocracy Not making A Comeback Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 10,218	I would say no, mainly because of the reality of the implementation. In an ideal world you'd have an impartial history & literature teacher going over the historical relevance and influence of both the bible and the koran (as the global culture war of this century is looking like being framed this way.) However anyone with experience of religion classes in public schools would know that they simply bring in a few guys from the local church group to "teach the bible" and it ends up being nothing more than a slightly more advanced sunday school. It would take a great deal of organisation and will for this not to be the case and I don't really see it happening. I also believe that this is far down the list of educational needs. There are FAR more important things for kids to learn than the titles of gospels. And simply put, I think only a minority of students would really get anything out of even an ideal comparative religion class. Most kids in highscool just aren't that interested in how these books have defined and shaped humanity. they're more worried about what happened on the OC.