On Jan 7, 2008 7:30 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is an idea that I do have though. Since we are required to teach > science in classrooms, and since Darwin's Theory of Evolution is taught > in the science class, why not have an elective called Religious Studies > or something along those lines for students that may not believe in > Evolution or that my way to hear the other side of the argument, that > being Creation and not Evolution? I know in the college I am currently > attending offers a Religion class to satisfy a Philosophy credit. Just a > thought.
At my high school, Religious Education was compulsory. We did comparative religions in year one and I was top of the class. We did the New Testament for the next three years and I was bottom of the class. I have no problem with such a course (although I would require that it was *optional*). I got into some pretty heated discussions in RE, especially with Rev. Hughes who taught the New Testament years (I got on well with Rev. Cotterell who taught comparative religion) and Rev. Hughes marked me down for not believing and often held my answers up for ridicule by the other almost unanimously Christian students but I held my ground (and it set the stage for my public speaking and my debating skills later in life I guess). I don't want religion suppressed, I just want it clearly labeled as separate from science - and clearly kept separate from state government. If I wanted a religious government, I'd go live in Iran ;) -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:249953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
