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Report Teach Christianity
Original Post
Teach Christianity - 26-03-04 21:52
by: mrs_m
Just to clarify a few errors in the original text.
Schools have to engage in a daily act of worship, which should in the main be Christian. A small but vital difference - if you live in a 99% muslim area, the act of worship could be muslim. The daily act of worship does not have to be christian... it could be non religion specific.
Secondly teaching religion is different to teaching christianity.... and if taught well, there should be a difference. Simply teaching about christianity is not the same as encouraging children to ask questions or to be philosophical about the world (which children naturally are)
My view (as an RE specialist) is that children should be taught about Religion - (helps tolerance, and co-existance in a multi - religion society, encourages ethics and is the only subject where students get the chance to really think for themselves!) but as this is now a pagan country - I think Christianity should just be taught as a religion like all the others, and I don't think children should be forced to engage in worship.
jmho!