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Originally Posted by Lyndsee
But wouldn't that be a problem?
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I'm afraid I haven't a clue what you're talking about. What are you referring to?
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There is obviously more then one religion..so what religion would be taught?
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More than likely the "main religions", such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judiasm and Buddhism.
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Who would teach it?
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A teacher who has university or college degree(s) in theology, history of religions and of course, the teaching degree.
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Would it be a class with every religion included.
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Not at all. Given the amount of religions in the world, there would simply be too many religions and not enough time to adequately learn them. There are also beliefs that are more philosophical and don't worship a deity so they wouldn't be considered a religion by the usual definition. It becomes a concern because if these beliefs are not considered a religion, then do any of them get taught? Assuming they are not a religion, beliefs that are theistic are many in number, so many they wouldn't all get taught in detail.
I suppose it could be possible to teach numerous religions and the philosophical beliefs, however, due to the time constraint, the most that could be taught is essentially a definition of each religion. So the first thing to consider is, how much in-depth teaching would one want for the school? Teaching the definition of each religion and not much else is pretty useless.