Religion is inextricably wound into many facets of our lives. If you take any art history class, you're going to touch on religion. Same could be said for lots of literature classes. If you look at architecture of the middle east, much of it is the way it is because religion dictates it. Politics and history? Religion everywhere. I've got no problem with people understanding the history of religion. I've got no problem with people understanding the principles of multiple religions. The problems only arise when people start implying that their version of religion is the only valid one, or that it somehow supercedes science.
By the way, according to Yoruba ideology, the gods poured sand from a calabash shell into the ocean, and sent down ancestral spirits who pounded staffs in the sand to make it stable enough for humans. And the center of the world is Ile-Ife, Nigeria. I find that no less ridiculous than that the world was created in 7 days. If creationism must be taught, then all versions of it should be taught as well. Don't ya think? On Jan 7, 2008 9:59 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > Which is why it would be an elective. So if the kid did choose to take > this class (an assuming that the parents are paying attention to what > classes their kid is selecting), they have nothing to complain about. > > And speaking of comparative religion, this class is being offered to > satisfy a philosophy requirement, and I think that next semester I am > going to take it. Should be interesting. After taking History 1A and > getting a very broad overview of different religions over the last > several centuries, I am more intrigued by the various religions. The > only ones I know anything about are Mormons (used to be a member of the > Mormon Church), Southern Baptists (which I am currently a member of), > Catholics (many friends, sister and her family are Catholic) and > Jehovah's Witness (a few friends are members). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
