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I didn't accuse the US of teaching religion, I accused it of teaching creationism and undermining peoples ability to learn critical thinking. I know that relig

I didn't accuse the US of teaching religion, I accused it of teaching creationism and undermining peoples ability to learn critical thinking. I know that religion is taught in the EU, I went to school in Denmark. And no one pushed it as reality, it was more of a learn this fiction because it has historically been important and some people still believe it. Not once was it presented as reality or something we should believe in.

rayiner 6y ago
> I didn't accuse the US of teaching religion, I accused it of teaching creationism and undermining peoples ability to learn critical thinking. We don't, and we legally cannot. > I know that religion is taught in the EU, I went to school in Denmark. And no one pushed it as reality, it was more of a learn this fiction because it has historically been important and some people still believe it. Not once was it presented as reality or something we should believe in. That is more than is legally permissible in the U.S. And even if people don't perceive the education as saying "this is true" it still socializes kids in a shared religious history and helps them understand the people who still believe it. There is nothing comparable to this in the U.S.
- bun_at_work 6y ago
  You're right that religion isn't taught in US schools, however, it is promoted when schools and states work as hard as they can to exclude evolution from public school curriculums. This is effectively teaching the population religion in areas where religion is common and evolution is purged from the school books.
  - rj_kidwin 6y ago
    Serious question: can you show evidence where this has actually taken place in the school curriculum in recent times? Anybody can advocate for anything, from wanting to teach Satanism and anti-vaxx science to GMOs cause cancer and "New Math", but the curriculum doesn't bend so easily since there are federal standards. Beyond fear mongering and "leftist memes", any real examples?
    - rayiner 6y ago
      In the late 1990s/early 2000s some folks got textbooks to put stickers saying “evolution is just a theory.”

rayiner 6y ago

> I didn't accuse the US of teaching religion, I accused it of teaching creationism and undermining peoples ability to learn critical thinking. We don't, and we legally cannot. > I know that religion is taught in the EU, I went to school in Denmark. And no one pushed it as reality, it was more of a learn this fiction because it has historically been important and some people still believe it. Not once was it presented as reality or something we should believe in. That is more than is legally permissible in the U.S. And even if people don't perceive the education as saying "this is true" it still socializes kids in a shared religious history and helps them understand the people who still believe it. There is nothing comparable to this in the U.S.

bun_at_work 6y ago
You're right that religion isn't taught in US schools, however, it is promoted when schools and states work as hard as they can to exclude evolution from public school curriculums. This is effectively teaching the population religion in areas where religion is common and evolution is purged from the school books.
- rj_kidwin 6y ago
  Serious question: can you show evidence where this has actually taken place in the school curriculum in recent times? Anybody can advocate for anything, from wanting to teach Satanism and anti-vaxx science to GMOs cause cancer and "New Math", but the curriculum doesn't bend so easily since there are federal standards. Beyond fear mongering and "leftist memes", any real examples?
  - rayiner 6y ago
    In the late 1990s/early 2000s some folks got textbooks to put stickers saying “evolution is just a theory.”