teaching about the religion in the context of a larger history lesson is still NOT teaching the religion.
Explaining the differences in religious beliefs between the Romans and Jews is NOT teaching Judiasm nor is it teaching Christianity. You're Jewish. Did you go to Hebrew School as a kid? I did. -That- is teaching religion. It's not in the context of history (altho the history of the religion was certainly a large part of it). It's in the context of learning about Judiasm for the explicit purpose of learning about Judiasm. Would you expect the things you learned in Hebrew School to be taught in public schools? And I mean to the degree that they taught them in Hebrew School? What part of what I'm saying are you disagreeing with, specifically? I never said religion should not be mentioned in public schools. I said it should not be taught in public schools. There's a difference between teaching a religion, and explaining about a religion in the context of a larger lesson (as I've said a few times already). Help me out here. What part of what I've said indicates that I don't think a single word regarding religion should be uttered in a public school classroom? On 8/2/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you teach history without explaining what the different beliefs > between the Romans and Jews? How can you even mention Jesus or Mohamed > without explaining the religions? > How can even talk about 9/11 without teaching about Islam and > Christianity? Try to explain to the kids that 9/11 happened because > some Muslims felt... well we can't tell you what they felt without > teaching you about the religion. > > > On 8/2/05, Charlie Griefer wrote: > > > I think Kevin Graeme said it best...and very succinctly... a few messages > > ago: > > > > "There's a difference in teaching a religious belief of history and > > teaching the history of a religion." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167733 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
