Intelligent Design (What should be taught in schools?)

by dhw, Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 14:54 (5727 days ago) @ George Jelliss

First of all, I'd like to welcome "rightarmover" to the website, and thank him for what seems to me to be an immensely important contribution. This is a hot topic at the moment, and I suspect that many of us don't really know what's going on in our schools (my own children left twenty odd years ago). The kind of religious indoctrination you describe is worrying, and in a so-called multicultural society may well be divisive. Should all faith schools be abolished, then? Should religious worship in schools be banned? If comparative religion is to be taught, should atheism also be on the curriculum? You have raised a huge issue here. - I feel I must apologize for George's comments. The forum is not meant to be an exercise in orthography, and I would not like any would-be contributor to be put off by the thought that someone will criticize him in public for any spelling or grammatical blunders. Much as some of us may regret the age of the email, please may we concentrate on the issues and refrain from such personal remarks. By the way, George, the name is "rightarmover", not "rightarmmover".