[MadPoet]

Originally Posted by Lizzie

I think that the top five major religions should be taught in public schools: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And then with other less populated religions thrown in for a nice overall coverage of religion in general. While I think that primarily morals and values should be taught at home. Some families do not teach their children tolerance, and that is such an important thing to learn. So I think that schools should step in and help with teaching tolerance and spreading knowledge about other religions and belief systems. Knowledge can only make the world a better place. Even if ignorance is bliss.

I agree. I think it would be nice to learn about other religions besides Christianity. I've attended a Catholic school for the past five years. I attend a public high school nowadays, and in World History class I have always found the subject of other religions extremely interesting.

If the religion class were solely to learn about Christianity, I would not want to take it. I've learned all there is to know about Christianity over the past five years. I want to learn something new. Seeing as I was enrolled in a Christian school, I never learned much about other religions. I feel a bit uneducated when it comes to other religions, so I feel that it would be great to have a religion class that taught about all major religions. I would definitely take it.