Less Christianity, more Islam and Hinduism, schools ordered

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A new religious syllabus for schools has caused a fury among church groups and politicians after recommending teachers cut down on education about Christianity while increasing lessons in Islam and Hinduism.


Teachers in Buckinghamshire were directed to spend 40 per cent of religious education on...

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I'm glad that's happening. (Ignorant) people fear what they don't understand. Understanding leads to tolerance.
Also, does anyone agree with the "comments" written in the article?
 
I'm with you Seeker, we have to try and get rid of the ignorance.
I think some of the comments made by the critics were ridiculous. With 40% of Religious Education time (twice as much as anyother religion) being spent on Christianity, it's hardly being turned into a sideshow.

While at schoool I took a GCSE in Religious Studies, during the 2 year course we can't have spent more than a couple of hours on Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism respectively. This, despite the fact that the class was about 40% Muslim, and 25% Sikh.
 
This shouldnt surprise us...Christianity is not going to be loved or popular. Far be it from me to be loved when my Lord and master was hated. Is the servant greater than his master? Certianly not! Therefore, take heart Christian, the gospel will go out dispite the hatered and many will be saved.
 
Well, if it's a state school and a comparative religion education program then much less Christianity should be taught and much more of other religions brought in. I would assume that if the students are Christian they will get Christian education elsewhere.

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Silas said:
This shouldnt surprise us...Christianity is not going to be loved or popular. Far be it from me to be loved when my Lord and master was hated. Is the servant greater than his master? Certianly not! Therefore, take heart Christian, the gospel will go out dispite the hatered and many will be saved.
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The gospel is out already friend, has been out for 2000 years.
 
I agree. I just meant dispite the odds, the gospel will always be heard.
 
Oh I can surely understand the uproar.

Just look here...
Figures show that 430,000 children and young people attended church over a typical month in 2003 which reflects a small rise of one per cent. Some 230,000 children and young people attended over a typical week while 164,000 attended on a typical Sunday.
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ONLY 164,000 kids are making it to church on Sunday!

There parents can't be bothered to take them to church to get a religious education when we all know good and well the state should be doing it for them.

Much better to be in an furor and complain about the school board isn't it.
 
wil said:
Oh I can surely understand the uproar.

Just look here...ONLY 164,000 kids are making it to church on Sunday!

There parents can't be bothered to take them to church to get a religious education when we all know good and well the state should be doing it for them.

Much better to be in an furor and complain about the school board isn't it.
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Understandable. Do you have the figures for young people who attend mosques and temples and sinagogues(sp?)?
 
Seeker_of_truth said:
Understandable. Do you have the figures for young people who attend mosques and temples and sinagogues(sp?)?
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I just googled church attendance in England. I already understood it was on the decline. And as I understand the note we are talking about one county. I just googled again there are 42 million folks who claim Christianity but only 3 million who make it to church on Sunday. I'm not saying going to church makes you more religious, but if you want your children educated in your religion, I'd think it more important to bring them to your place of worship than grump about the 36 hours they get at school a year. The last look I just got 1.6 mm Muslims 267,000 Jews...don't know what percentage of them attend...but I would lay odds it would be multiples of the 9% record the Christians are purported to be recording...
 
Obviously this is a downing moment for the Christian community but it is beneficial to society as a whole to permit religious tolerance and to not put one religion over the other.
Agree? Disagree?
 
Silas said:
This shouldnt surprise us...Christianity is not going to be loved or popular. Far be it from me to be loved when my Lord and master was hated. Is the servant greater than his master? Certianly not! Therefore, take heart Christian, the gospel will go out dispite the hatered and many will be saved.
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This seems to be a very strange response. What has this change in curriculum got to do with people hating Christianity? It still gets the lion's share of classroom hours.
 
wil said:
Oh I can surely understand the uproar.

Just look here...ONLY 164,000 kids are making it to church on Sunday!

There parents can't be bothered to take them to church to get a religious education when we all know good and well the state should be doing it for them.

Much better to be in an furor and complain about the school board isn't it.
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Agreed, wil. It seems that whenever the State does something that used to be taken care of by the citizens, it causes an opposite (dumbing down, laziness) effect, resulting in lukewarmness, apathy, and stagnation.
 
Seeker_of_truth said:
Obviously this is a downing moment for the Christian community but it is beneficial to society as a whole to permit religious tolerance and to not put one religion over the other.
Agree? Disagree?
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I think it will be better if Christianity is left out of schools. It seems as if the more we try to teach Christianity, the more distorted it becomes. It is perhaps the most unteachable religion.

People also have preconceived notions of Christianity when they get a "small slice of the basics" in school. Maybe it's better to keep it out of state schools so that people discover Christianity in their own time.

I reckon we should make Christianity a secret so that it can be preserved underground for future generations to come. Rather than having its concepts shoved into people's heads in high school, people get to experience it later in life when they are ready to understand and comprehend its meaning.:D

Christianity doesn't "own" the West, so why should it insist on Western governments passing a law to have Christianity taught in schools? Why are we mixing Christianity with Western culture and politics?

Christianity is Christianity. It doesn't need to be integrated into a political system.
 
Saltmeister said:
I think it will be better if Christianity is left out of schools. It seems as if the more we try to teach Christianity, the more distorted it becomes. It is perhaps the most unteachable religion.

People also have preconceived notions of Christianity when they get a "small slice of the basics" in school. Maybe it's better to keep it out of state schools so that people discover Christianity in their own time.

I reckon we should make Christianity a secret so that it can be preserved underground for future generations to come. Rather than having its concepts shoved into people's heads in high school, people get to experience it later in life when they are ready to understand and comprehend its meaning.:D

Christianity doesn't "own" the West, so why should it insist on Western governments passing a law to have Christianity taught in schools? Why are we mixing Christianity with Western culture and politics?

Christianity is Christianity. It doesn't need to be integrated into a political system.
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I agree. Religion should be a personal thing. Although letting the kids taste a bit of it in school is a good start imho.
 
I see no country in the world worthy of teaching my children religion. Absolutely NONE. I find no city, state, or country on the face of the planet worthy of oppressing their interpretations on their neighbor's children. If any group tries, I will raise children opposed to them for their practice. If anyone thinks a parent teaches his/her children wrong, then take it to the parent. Did Jesus come and preach to the children of sinners, or did he preach to the sinners that came and listened to him? I submit that any group of people that forces their religion on other people's children directly breaks one of the 10 commandments. Directly tries to make it of non-effect... Jesus mentioned it in Matthew 15. So there goes both the state sponsored Christianity and Islam. I submit that it is not Allah's (swt) Islam to have a state sponsored religion.

The history of the church is also often gruesome. State sponsored education is not without bending history and social studies either. It is best to combat that with multiple sources. In a world of many lies, at least realize them by the many versions told.

I see the desire for parents to deny their own responsibility to their children. I submit that the lessons of parenting are greater than most every lesson learned... for you can't teach what you don't know. So why shirk the lesson to any state? Perhaps some individuals of a group are more worthy than some individuals, but that is not for any collective group to decide and oppress.

Seattlegal said:
Agreed, wil. It seems that whenever the State does something that used to be taken care of by the citizens, it causes an opposite (dumbing down, laziness) effect, resulting in lukewarmness, apathy, and stagnation.
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Yes, I notice that within individuals. A person can become numb when it is percieved that they are not responsible for something that they ordinarily might disagree with. I recall controlled experiments that show an individual is more alert and attentive when alone than when with a group. Not to belittle the group, but when a person feels like there are others around who are more responsible... it seems that many tune out.
 
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