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[andrewducker]

Atheism to be taught in British schools

Comments

[sarcaustik.livejournal.com]

The Lord be praised for that!

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

They should teach nihilism too.

Re:

[andrewducker]

They do.

Just not deliberately, it just kinda happened to me :->

OK!

[cx650.livejournal.com]

So how can you teach nothing?

Re: OK!

[andrewducker]

That's agnosticism you're thinking of.

Slightly more seriously, Atheism includes humanism and there are a lot of ramfications to atheism/agnosticism.

[xquiq.livejournal.com]

I think this is a good thing. I went to Catholic school, although we also studied other world religions. The overall impression that I was left with was being religious was the norm, with those who chose not to practice religion being either 'lost' or lazy.

There was certainly no discussion of the possibility that people could live 'good lives' (for some value thereof) without practicing some form of major religion. I hated the fact that morality was so tied in with religion. 'Behave in this manner because we're suppose as Christians', really doesn't answer any questions if you've already decided you don't believe, but I digress.

My schools may have been a little odd though. In primary seven, I was informed by my teacher that I didn't need to be confirmed as a Catholic, but if I decided not to I would lose all my friends and have to go to a different secondary school. Yay for indoctrination and threats!

Signed,

AN Other Bitter and Twisted Lapsed Catholic