Lack of religion in schools and how it has affected children 30 Articles

by Dale Hoskin

Should Religion Be Taught in Our Schools? The question whether or not religion should be taught in our schools is one of those thorny issues where, far to often, emotion over rules reason, ideology trumps indepen...read more

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by Jeff Miley

Why Religion Should Be Taught In Public Schools Allowing religion to be chosen as an elective in schools would be a useful tool. Ending the confusion and conflict about the Bible, as well as other religious media, w...read more

by Patrick Julius

The removal of religion from schools is one of the best things that ever happened in the history of education. For the first time, children were exposed to objective, empirical truth, untainted by parochial influences o...read more

by Ryan Mitofsky

The separation of church and state has caused a chain reaction that has left our youth with no way to comprehend the mysteries of the cosmos. Government funding for schools means that the government has control over what i...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

EDUCATION AND MORALS Conservative have a favorite mantra: American public education should (using the words of Pat Buchanan) "transmit to the next generation a moral code"; schools should be in the business of "molding....read more

by Linda Paul

I don't think that teaching a course in historical religion is a bad thing. It is true that many of our social customs and traditions have their roots in religious beliefs. "The Crucible" is a good example. It was religiou...read more

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by Patricia Gilliam

Coming from a public school background, I think taking religion out of schools has done a lot more harm than good. Basically all it's done is left the classroom open only to a very bias world view, which minimizes the imp...read more

by Delores Wiggins

God said to put Him first in all our ways and this includes our children going to school,no I am not suggesting that our children be taught religion in school,but as a part of the process we are to pray to God about and ov...read more

by Sheridan Smith

I attended both a primary school and a high school where I was not taught a thing about religion. Therefor, coming into adulthood, I had a natural curiosity about religion. I remember in grade four we had religious educat...read more

by Sarah Winstanley

"What a crazy religion," I recently heard a man say, referring to Islam. "What kind of God asks his followers to kill innocent people in his name?" This is not unusual. It is common in our world today for us to make genera...read more

by Robert Darmody

There is quite a bit of humor to be gleaned from this popular myth, because it is so firmly believed by people on opposing sides of the issue. They all share the delusion as a common article of faith. At long last, even ...read more

by Debbie Morris

I don't think it is a lack of religion in schools, rather a lack of responsibility on everyone concerned in disciplining children. When I was at school, the cane was used to offenders of bad conduct, and while some teacher...read more

by Tamar Reynolds

On the topic of religion in schools, I am one person who believes that it does more harm to children than it does good. Children are very impressionable; they believe everything they hear. We must consider here the diversi...read more

by David Furritus

Well, I would assume that it hasn't affected ANYTHING since it's not the school's job to teach children such silly things as morality. That job falls plainly on the PARENTS. But, still I'll bite here. Let's put religio...read more

by Princess Victoria

Well, actually the school can do anything how they rule they policy. We can never stop them if they want the religion out of the school. The bottom line here how the parents to teach their kids at home. If the parents t...read more

by Anita Garza

When I started going to school, ever since I can remember, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Lords Prayer were two important acts that were performed every morning. These two acts left me feeling secure in my country and s...read more

by L.C. Wood

Religion and School Religion and school. Two things, that now and days, to most people go together about as well as oil and water. The concept of separating one's religious beliefs and the rest of the public is not new...read more

by Eoj Reliwtut

Religion in schools has become a highly discussed and highly controversial subject with many people. Schools around the country have eliminated God from discussions and refused to acknowledge children's questions per...read more

by Rose Rideout

As a child I was schooled in a Catholic school. Our mornings started of with a prayer to thank God for the life we were living and to ask Him to help guide us through another day. We respected our teachers and our parent...read more

by Wayne Stewart

Allowing religious ceremony into the curriculum will only add divisiveness to the educational system contaminating the students. If we are going to allow for religion in school during a time of education, then the church n...read more