rebecca3302 asked:


They could teach around 6 weeks on every major religion. Christianity, Jewish beliefs,Islam,Hindu,and have a unit on Atheism too. I think it would be nice to learn about other religions and not be so ignorant to other’s beliefs. You wouldn’t be forcing religion on anyone ,simply teaching about different religions and beliefs.

14 Responses to “How do you feel about a religion class in public highschools? Teach about 6 weeks on every major religion?”

1. Sour Girl on June 3rd, 2008 2:13 pm

   NO. That is for private schools or religious education.

2. BDOGG on June 6th, 2008 11:32 pm

   That’s great, but this country would never allow it.

3. Elana on June 7th, 2008 6:20 pm

   Yes!

   The more you know about religion (vs. the teachings of a particular religion), the better citizen you can be.

4. marseerocks on June 9th, 2008 10:21 am

   i think that would be a GREAT idea.

5. Ryan P on June 9th, 2008 9:14 pm

   I think it would be good for the public education.

6. Tammi D on June 10th, 2008 10:09 am

   comparative religion courses are available at college level. i don’t see the need for it at high school level. it’s bad enough that they can’t master the “three R’s”

7. leonard s on June 11th, 2008 1:48 pm

   I have this in school in the 60′s and it was a riot! every denomination was fighting for control of what was Christianity.one day of Judaism and one day of all other false faiths did me a lot of good only got beaten up twice a week as apposed to four times. and they got it all wrong anyway.

8. shooter0577 on June 15th, 2008 12:28 am

   as long as it wasnt mandatory sounds like a decent idea.

9. jmd72inva on June 18th, 2008 11:23 am

   I think the concept is wonderful…but it would require a constitutional ammendment for it to happen in a public school

10. snakeman11426 on June 19th, 2008 11:49 pm

    Im sure someone will protest about it.

11. azuradragonfly on June 22nd, 2008 4:47 am

    We already have that in the UK and have to sit an examination in it, except it’s completely biased and we only learn about Christianity because our teachers refused to teach us anything else. Me and my friends asked why we didn’t do Islam or Hinduism and she just said that it was ‘easier’.

    The concept is good, but it needs to contain lots of different religions, like you said. Personally I would also like to see philosophical teachings and moral theories such as Utilitarianism and Deontology also being taught in school.

12. Wounded Duck on June 24th, 2008 12:45 pm

    That should be included in a World History class. The problem would arise if some teacher proselytized.

13. Loli on June 27th, 2008 1:46 pm

    No, I don’t think it’s a good idea. Besides people can take Humanities in college and actually you can send a person in high school to a community college to take certain courses this being one of them. Anyway, I don’t think that you should teach this in schools and then have to test them…if it’s not ones religion they shouldn’t have to learn it and be tested unless it’s by choice.

14. DrIG on July 1st, 2008 12:57 am

    That is already being done in the first year of global history although not for 6 weeks and not about atheism. It is usually called belief systems,