Pagan

[dwspirit]

I have to say this is a waste of money and valuable school time. I am sure the children of Lincolnshire could be taught something more useful like science.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328080/Sc...

[Famous Graham]

dwspirit said:

I have to say this is a waste of money and valuable school time. I am sure the children of Lincolnshire could be taught something more useful like science.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328080/Sc...

Why a waste of money/time? I doubt they'll lay on any more RE lessons than they already have.

And whilst I'm not religious or particularly spiritual myself, I don't see anything wrong with teaching kids how other people view the world. I quite welcome it, in fact. The only "danger" is, as with a lot of single-faith schools, the possibility of indoctrination to one form of religion.

[Mojooo]

Nothing wrong with it. At my school we were taught about quite a few religions. Its silly to not learn about something just because you might not believe/like it.

[Kit80]

I have to say as a parent in Lincolnshire I am pleased this now happening. This isn't additional lesson this is just widening the different religions that are taught in RE lessons. When choosing a school for my son I took into consideration how religion was taught and 'enforced' in the schools as I want my son to have an independent choice and full awareness of all the religions if he chooses to follow any religion.

There is a considerable number of Pagans in Lincolnshire (and I believe the head of the Pagan council is also based here). Surely children should have the opportunity to learn about such a large UK based religion?

[F93]

Neo-paganism is a load of crap that is basically anti-religious and mainly anti-christian... sorta like hippies are anti-corporatism. But teaching neo-paganism as an alternative is stupid, as we don't want to get kids thinking about ANOTHER religion to follow.

If they teach actual paganism then I think it's fine, as it sort of teaches you to respect your environment, and of course it'll be fun for kids because a lot of myths are pagan. But as long as they teach it as something in the past that doesn't really mean much in todays society then its fine. Although I doubt they'll do this so it's best if they just leave it alone.

[fluffnik]

If you're going to have religion in schools it should be comparative religion, not indoctrination.

Paganism is no worse than any of the bizarre imports, so why not include it in the available time?

[fluffnik]

Famous Graham said:

The only "danger" is, as with a lot of single-faith schools, the possibility of indoctrination to one form of religion.

Teaching comparative religion will tend to inoculate children against the brainwashing of the snake-oil salesmen, which is a Good Thing.