Report Teach Christianity

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by: Busybee123

Have to agree with TIESPUDDIN....I don't have any particular beliefs or religion, yet I respect and honour all other religions and people who CHOOSE whatever religion, values or beliefs that matter to them. My husband is a non believer too, but our girls go to a CATHOLIC IRISH SCHOOL (we don't have much choice in Ireland)...and they enjoy their religion classes and I encourage them to go to mass. However, a BIG problem now exists where we have tons of kids in the school who are Mormons, Muslims, Jews and other religions and somehow, 'they just don't seem to fit' into the framework of the school, basic religion studies etc. When our girls are 8, they undergo Communion studies AT SCHOOL,which takes up 6 months of that entire year at school...what about other kids who AREN'T Catholic and who don't plan to go through Communion.....must be quite difficult for them and their parents, considering most of our schools are Catholic and are run by the Churches.

A bit of Christianity ie. 'how to be a kind, caring person'...no matter what your religion goes a long was as far as I'm concerned.

South African schools however have a very different approach and all religion is dealt with OUT OF SCHOOL, and may not be discussed at school...and I think it seems to work for them, considering they're the Rainbow Nation - a people full of diversity.

Which way is best??? Not sure....we're all different and want different things for our children, but I don't believe we can force our beliefs on others. Parents ultimately should have the job of teaching their kids religion issues etc.

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