Joe, It's my understanding that you can teach comparative religion. You can just not promote a specific religion.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > Thanks, interesting story, and issue. > > I've delayed commenting in the space for comments beneath the YAHOO! story. > I don't have anything well-formed to say. > > But HERE I don't mind saying that only in the US would anyone think Yoga is > not a part of a spiritual and religious tradition. > > If the Jois-trained teachers really teach it spiritually, then parents have > reason to be concerned, and I think school administrators have been too lax. > > But let's consider: if the class were a class in comparative religion, then > religion would not be the subject taught, but a study or appreciation of > religions in world cultures, and maybe the histories of the religions and > cultures. > > This would not step on the Establishment-Clause of the US Constitution, but > School Boards answerable to parents and taxpayers would still have > jurisdiction in deciding the appropriateness of that or any other subject. > > I would not teach Yoga outside of a spiritual context, but I know it can be > done. Maybe this is what the schools thought they were getting from those > teachers. > > The only way to settle the issue is to look critically at how the teachers > teach, and at what the students learn. Are students really being taught > Religion?, and practicing Religion during their Phys. Ed. time? > > Maybe better to teach them T'ai Chi. ;-) > > Can't teach Economics, because that is about the Almighty Dollar. ;-) > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > The attached URL is to a story about a group of California parents suing > > their kid's school over a yoga class. The yoga is Ashtanga Yoga and I > > don't know anything about it. [snip] > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
