Does this make snece to you?

[HikariKitKit]

My cousin goes to public school. And she just brought home some history homework that was assined to the whole class. They want the class to study Allah, and Mohammid. Now, does this make snece to you? kids are not alowed to read their bibles in school, pray, or have anything to do with God. God can not be taught in schools, but they want kids to learn about Allah and Mohammid?

To me it's like they're saying. "You can believe in these over here, but you can't believe in God." My aunt is really upset about this, and acually is going to my cousin's school to give them a peace of her mind. I pray things go well.

 

[mont974x4]

No it doesn't make sense but it is a fact of life in many areas. This is one of the main reasons we homeschool.

 

[HikariKitKit]

^-^ I was homeschooled since third grade. And I plan on sending my kids, when I have some, to a privet christian school, or homeschool them.

 

[lilymarie]

No, that makes no sense whatsoever?



I pray all goes well with your Aunt.

That's really strange. It seems the world is getting stranger by the day!

So many issues to deal with in this crazy mixed up world.

 

[msbojingles]

If you ever wanna go on a crusade D), you can contact the ACLJ - American Center for Law and Justice. It's a christian group that fights legal battles on behalf of Christians - this type of thing is right up their ally.

 

[whitedove7]

I'm not surprised. There are agendas in our nation. One is to bring unity with all the religions to bring peace.

Unfortunately, the religion in Jesus is not an acceptable religion in the world and would rather do away with the truth.

 

[christianmomof3]

What grade is she in? Do you know if they will also study other religions?
I used to teach 6th grade social studies and there was a unit on world religions. It covered very briefly, many of the world religions and what they believe.
The book was not biased, but as a teacher it is hard to present such things in a non-biased way.
My students thought that Hinduism sounded totally ridiculous because I told them that Hindus believe that someone with bad karma might be reincarnated as a mosquito in their next life. I had read that in a book about Hinduism to them and I did not try to make fun of it, but I realized once I read it, and seeing their reaction, that I did not do a good job presenting that to them. I am sure a Hindu would have done a much better job of it.

Anyway, the Islam might be included to help promote understanding and tolerance to those children who are in the schools because there may be some animosity going on.

If it is taught, it should be taught objectively as in teaching about it rather than teaching that it is correct.

When I taught the part about religions I had a few students ask me how do they know if theirs is the "right" religion if there are so many out there.
I just told them that was something they needed to ask their parents about.

 

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[CrazyforYeshua]

It makes sense to me, and validifies what I believe is going to be the focus of the one world religion in the end times.

 

[JTLauder]

From an objective, social and academic standpoint, it's very understandable and even a good thing (in principle).

US public schools (and US culture) are all based on Western culture. I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing, it's just that we then fail to teach kids about people, places, and culture outside of our own "world".

Such as when I was in school, Eastern/Asian culture and people weren't even acknowledged except for a single line of how slanted eye Chinese immigrants helped build the railroads. This only leads to ignorance. And I say that teaching a more expansive world view is crucial if we are to live in a global society where we have to interact with other countries.

From a moral and legal standpoint, however, this is an outrage. I understand and accept not forcing Christian viewpoints onto children. But it's gone so far as to ban even mentioning "God" and "Jesus" as if they were profane words.

I accept and actually defend the separation between church and state. Because it could have easily been some other religion that was the state's majority and I would not want that preached to my kids. Now they are bringing other religions into the classroom. If you are going to make a law, make it equal for everyone. Otherwise, it's just discrimination against Christians.

If they are going to bring in other religious studies, it's only fair to be unbiased and teach other viewpoints as well. If you are going to teach Islam, then also teach Christianity. If you are going to talk about evolution, then also talk about creation. I'm not too much for the exclusion teaching practice. I say teach the facts of all things--it's suppose to be an academic arena for learning and the responsibility of public schools. Spirituality and morality is the responsibility of parents and religious institions where kids can learn to practically sift through the information taught in schools.

 

[whateveristrue]

It might just be a unit they cover in World History. There's nothing wrong with that, right? They'll probably get to the chapter on Jesus and Christianity later on.

Let's not be easily offended.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

I'd be bothered if my children were not encouraged to research on their own other religions. Having an understanding of other religions gives us the skills to better understand others we will encounter in our life.

 

[mont974x4]

It would be a pretty safe bet that Jesus and Christianity will NOT be discussed....and if it is it won't be given equal time.

I remember shortly after 9/11 a school in the SouthEast required students to take muslim names, learn and practice Islam....this was not done with anyother religion or belief.

It is clearly an agenda of the pc crowd and it is dangerous and a tool of the devil.

 

[lilymarie]

To the school teacher, was the teaching only about Hindi and Muslims? You didn't say if it included Christianity or other religions?



Still a bit baffling, as I heard most schools are not supposed to teach about religion?

 

[epyon]

kids are not alowed to read their bibles in school, pray, or have anything to do with God. God can not be taught in schools, but they want kids to learn about Allah and Mohammid?

I d'ont what school what she goes to but I can pray and read the bible in school . I did in school in no body never gave me any problem . Now for Allah and Mohammid I d'not believe that teaching religion k-12 grade will get them ready for college order high level of learning. So I say combine all religion into one course teach non of them at all.

 

[christianmomof3]

My dd who is in 8th grade is going to be in a speech tournament this weekend. One of the categories is to say a memorized monologue. She did not have time to memorize a long monologue, but she has memorized 1 Cor. ch 13. I told her to ask her teacher if she can say that for the tournament. I doubt it - it may be too short, but she is going to ask.

 

[HeyHomie]

It's perfectly reasonable and sensible for kids to learn about other religions in an academic sense. I see no problem with it. Mohammed is an historical figure, after all, and should be learned about in the context of history.

If someone has a problem with what the public schools are teaching their kids, there are private schools just around the corner.

 

[HikariKitKit]

It might just be a unit they cover in World History. There's nothing wrong with that, right? They'll probably get to the chapter on Jesus and Christianity later on.

Let's not be easily offended.

I doubt that very much. Because a kid can get in trouble for bringing a BIBLE to school, they can even get in trouble for praying. The school system here does not alow it.

 

[HikariKitKit]

It would be a pretty safe bet that Jesus and Christianity will NOT be discussed....and if it is it won't be given equal time.

I remember shortly after 9/11 a school in the SouthEast required students to take muslim names, learn and practice Islam....this was not done with anyother religion or belief.

It is clearly an agenda of the pc crowd and it is dangerous and a tool of the devil.

Amen!

 

[HikariKitKit]

To the school teacher, was the teaching only about Hindi and Muslims? You didn't say if it included Christianity or other religions?



Still a bit baffling, as I heard most schools are not supposed to teach about religion?

Exactly, that's why my aunt is so livid about this, because even my cousin's school is not supposed to be teaching about religian, but still they're handing out this homework, whether it's to understand about how other people live or not it's stupid and wrong to have kids study some other religian, but then look down on them when they try and study their own.