Comments on: Primary school children should be taught about obscure religions that believe plants have souls and the dead must be eaten by vultures, according to government guidance. http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/02/primary-school-children-taught-obscure-religions-plants-souls-dead-eaten-vultures-government-guidance/ I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/02/primary-school-children-taught-obscure-religions-plants-souls-dead-eaten-vultures-government-guidance/comment-page-1/#comment-15349 Sam Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:26:22 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=11323#comment-15349 "The Baha’i faith teaches followers that all religions have valid origins and has laws prohibiting alcohol, drugs, adultery and party politics." Wow! How wacky is that? Wouldn't want our kids being brainwashed with this dangerous nonsense (!) “The Baha’i faith teaches followers that all religions have valid origins and has laws prohibiting alcohol, drugs, adultery and party politics.”

Wow! How wacky is that? Wouldn’t want our kids being brainwashed with this dangerous nonsense (!)

]]> By: Lloyd Lofthouse http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/02/primary-school-children-taught-obscure-religions-plants-souls-dead-eaten-vultures-government-guidance/comment-page-1/#comment-12520 Lloyd Lofthouse Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:11:05 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=11323#comment-12520 I like Jim's logic. "A better way to recruit new believers might be to ban religious studies from the curiculum." Teenagers are rebellious by nature. I like Jim’s logic. “A better way to recruit new believers might be to ban religious studies from the curiculum.” Teenagers are rebellious by nature.

]]> By: Jim http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/02/primary-school-children-taught-obscure-religions-plants-souls-dead-eaten-vultures-government-guidance/comment-page-1/#comment-12389 Jim Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:09:53 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=11323#comment-12389 Wise words. Thank you. And I too have been appalled by what has been taught to my children about religion. Indeed, as a former Christian, now Humanist, I have found myself in the bizarre position of having to explain more clearly some of hugely oversimplified or plain wrong ideas about Christianity that they have been given. Never thought I'd be doing that! But it does not worry me that they are taught about religion. Education should provide children the confidence to make up their own minds on this and other important topics. And no, I'm sure fellow Humanists do not regard it as a religion. Perish the thought! Curiously, perhaps a better way to recruit new believers might be to ban religious studies from the curriculum. With their rebellious nature, teenagers would probably flock to join! Wise words. Thank you. And I too have been appalled by what has been taught to my children about religion. Indeed, as a former Christian, now Humanist, I have found myself in the bizarre position of having to explain more clearly some of hugely oversimplified or plain wrong ideas about Christianity that they have been given. Never thought I’d be doing that!
But it does not worry me that they are taught about religion. Education should provide children the confidence to make up their own minds on this and other important topics.
And no, I’m sure fellow Humanists do not regard it as a religion. Perish the thought!
Curiously, perhaps a better way to recruit new believers might be to ban religious studies from the curriculum. With their rebellious nature, teenagers would probably flock to join!

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