I have to disagree with you there. Prejudice almost always comes from ignorance and fear of what you do not understand. Thus, by teaching about different religions in schools, understanding increases and, thus, tolerance also increases.
In England at least, they are not trying to persuade you to take on a religion just learn about them in an impartial way. My RE teacher was actually an atheist!
Ah then I think you misunderstood, I do agree with different religions being taught simply for understanding. We have a little of that.
But there's the difference, we are really forced to be Catholic. In my school, I'm practically force-fed with only one religion. There's no greater religion or other valid, according to them, only Catholicism and we all must one day go and convert everyone or tell them they'll live a sad, sorry, incomplete life.
I am forced to go with the rest of the high school body to first Friday masses and to study their beliefs and whatnots, even if I couldn't care any less. Plus, we pray twice every fifty minutes and each of us get to lead, no matter if you're Catholic or not.
What's more, these utterly senseless excursions, retreats and religious activites are being required by the school now because they're graded. See, they grade everything, how you participate in mass, how you performed in your "recollection" and what-not.
Ah, I did indeed misunderstand what you meant. What your dealing with seems pretty horiffic and dictational. Apparently, free speech doesn't exist, eh?
So they really are grading you based on how well you follow Catholicism, then? I wish I could say 'that blows my mind' but it's not the first I've heard of it, either. It still depresses me, however. Especially when I think of just how young the people being exposed to that sort of indoctrination are, and how it's like nailing a plank over their ability to be open-minded and think about these things for themselves.
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In England at least, they are not trying to persuade you to take on a religion just learn about them in an impartial way. My RE teacher was actually an atheist!
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But there's the difference, we are really forced to be Catholic. In my school, I'm practically force-fed with only one religion. There's no greater religion or other valid, according to them, only Catholicism and we all must one day go and convert everyone or tell them they'll live a sad, sorry, incomplete life.
I am forced to go with the rest of the high school body to first Friday masses and to study their beliefs and whatnots, even if I couldn't care any less. Plus, we pray twice every fifty minutes and each of us get to lead, no matter if you're Catholic or not.
What's more, these utterly senseless excursions, retreats and religious activites are being required by the school now because they're graded. See, they grade everything, how you participate in mass, how you performed in your "recollection" and what-not.
Peachy, ain't it? >_>
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Ah, I did indeed misunderstand what you meant. What your dealing with seems pretty horiffic and dictational. Apparently, free speech doesn't exist, eh?
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Flying does sound nice.
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