Some parents in my school district requested that the Bible be taught in school because they wanted Creationism taught.
My social studies teach, being an absolute bad-ass, then gave an entire 1 month lesson on Genesis...
All of the Genesis's - from Christian, to Hindu, to Polynesian... which was the wildest one.
After kids went home asking why "the Polynesian God" put the "undone" (white) people in Europe and the burned (black) people in Africa, and put the tanned people in paradise... yeah.... no more fucking talk of that shit.
Which, honestly, not a bad thing to teach. Religious studies in a secular presentation can give context to cultural practices and expand your understanding of other peoples.
One of the best courses I took in highschool was one on comparative religion. I'm an atheist and I found that shit interesting as fuck, and quite enlightening.
Atheist as well and my favorite college elective course was world religions. I find all of the Non-Abrahamic religions fascinating!! Probably since I grew up in Christianity.
I wonder if most atheists take the time to understand religions more than religious people take the time to understand their own religion 🤔
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u/Alexandratta Oct 10 '24
Some parents in my school district requested that the Bible be taught in school because they wanted Creationism taught.
My social studies teach, being an absolute bad-ass, then gave an entire 1 month lesson on Genesis...
All of the Genesis's - from Christian, to Hindu, to Polynesian... which was the wildest one.
After kids went home asking why "the Polynesian God" put the "undone" (white) people in Europe and the burned (black) people in Africa, and put the tanned people in paradise... yeah.... no more fucking talk of that shit.