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Date Posted: 4/09/07 11:31:00pm
Author: Evie
Subject: Re: Pagans in school
In reply to: Lion Spider 's message, "Re: Pagans in school" on 4/09/07 10:50:09pm

>If there has to be a religious/spiritual class to be had in school, I believe that it should be one class that covers all beliefs teaching what they are from a social aspect.
I would imagine this would be an extremely difficult task. Finding teachers or guest speakers who are unbias being the biggest hurdle and parents being the next biggest.

>I keep my children away from organised religion. My
>eldest who is 10yo, takes the initiative of seeking
>what is appealing to her at the time as we have shown
>here. She loves reading mythology and enjoys reading
>about differing God's and Goddesses. She now has one
>name for the Goddess that she relates with. Better
>than being told how to think at school.

I was raised in this way too, except that my Mother didn't restrict me as much. She used the bible study groups at my primary school as a tool for my religious education. I went, I saw, I didn't like it, I left. No harm, no foul.

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