>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.

The problem is that most of them not only object to such classes being offered 
to their kids, but to anyone else's kids as well. I've seen it multiple times 
with other courses (ie., sex ed for one).

>
>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).
>
>Bruce
>

Would there be any guarentee that it would be like that. There have been quite 
a few cases were so called religion courses in schools were actually nothing 
more than christian fundimentalist indoctrination - where any religion or 
Christian denomination other than the particular flavour of the teacher is 
called pagan/heathen/heretical. 

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