Did you recieve mandatory religious education at any point of your life?

[Q Classic]

If by "mandatory" you mean "my mom made me go to Sunday School", then yes.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
If by "mandatory" you mean "my mom made me go to Sunday School", then yes.

Same here.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia I find it rather ironic - in the US, gay civil unions are being clamped down on hard, while here in the Jesusland of no separation of church and state, they're allowed.

This sort of thing was noted a long time ago.

Read Alexis De Toqueville, Democracy in America.

Summary - established churches lead to irreligion, by associating the church with the often unpopular state.

and yes, if anyones interested, thats one reason id very much like to see a reduction in state involvement in religion in Israel.

[tinyp3nis]

Originally posted by Stefu


Yeah, I went to these. You don't know boredom until you've seen videotape about monks of the monastery of Valamo doing their daily activities. While the Lutherans were learning that boy howdy, there indeed was this fellow named St. Paul, we were learning about mother****ing onion domes. Endless onion domes. What the hell did we need the onion dome knowledge for, anyhow? I ASK YOU

But I can, at least thank the religion classes for this brilliant answer in grade school religion exam (paraphrased, it might have been someone other than JtB but idea's the same):

Q: What did John the Baptist do?
A: He baptized.

(Okay, it was 'he baptized and taught' but the 'taught' was clearly an afterthought.)

I had this too, easiest subject ever. Around 2% of people are orthodox, meaning I basicly had a private teacher. Usually it was just me and him, most was four pupils at once and that didn't last long. Usually we did the studying in 20 minutes, chatted for 15 minutes about whatever and then I got to leave 10 minutes early. No tests either "We don't need to take any exams, I know you know this stuff." Well, I bearly did.

Only bad thing was that if the non orthodox people had their studies in the middle of the day, I couldn't get that time off. My class was a set time at end of the day once every week.

[Pyrodrew]

Yes, from attending private Catholic schools from k-12, but never had a school uniform. About 10% of the teachers were nuns/priests. Religion classes included learning about other religions not only in class but through field trips (Jewish temples, Muslim mosques, etc) where anyone could ask questions to the leaders of those faiths there. Atheist, agnostic and deist were more terms to memorize rather than discussed like the religions. No beliefs were discussed negatively. Some religion classes included hours of mandatory 'volunteer work' we had to complete on our own time.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Pyrodrew
Religion classes included learning about other religions not only in class but through field trips (Jewish temples, Muslim mosques, etc) where anyone could ask questions to the leaders of those faiths there.

We did that too. An interesting experience, back then it was the first time for many of us to set foot in any religious building (well, not counting those of us who were dragged away from the pool/beach and into churches and monestaries as tourist attractions on vacations )

[Ben Kenobi]

Religion classes included learning about other religions not only in class but through field trips (Jewish temples, Muslim mosques, etc)

No chapels? No cathedrals? Why is that?

I had mandatory religious education here in Canada, for my social studies class, where the only religion not featured was Christianity.

[Ben Kenobi]

Certainly isn't mandatory in Canada.

If you want to graduate, it is.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


No chapels? No cathedrals? Why is that?

He's talking about real religions, not cults.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


If you want to graduate, it is.

I really wouldn't call what BC has (or had, I don't know if it's changed since I went through) religious education in the sense implied in this thread. It's not like you have to read Hindu scripture or learn any particulars of the Koran.

[Ben Kenobi]

He's talking about real religions, not cults.

Care to try again?

[Skanky Burns]

I attended two Catholic schools. Religion was mandatory at both, funnily enough.

[Starchild]

I took a religious philosophy A-level when I moved back to England. Best thing I ever did. Made me a much better debater and cermented my atheism.

[Ancyrean]

"Culture of Religion and Knowledge of Ethics" is a compulsory course in Turkey, from 6 through 12th grade, two hours a week, so I had to take it like everybody else.

I don't know if it seems puzzling at first that strictly secular Turkey should have compulsory religious education, but in fact it's a reflection of state control over religion although it also represents a compromise on the part of the establishment in the perennial tug of war with the conservatives.

The Islam thought in classes is the traditional sunni one, which annoys a lot of Alawites (not to mention atheists ).

I guess now in conjunction with the EU accession process, there's some toying with the idea of putting in some Alawite Islam in the courses along with a little more Sufism. Notwithstanding the fact that there's no urgent outcry from the Alawites for this, if it happens it will have happened during the tenure of a party with traditional Islamic roots.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Dry
- NoneOfTheAbove. Its was called 'morale'.

I think you mean "morals". Morale refers to the happiness level of a group of people, usually troops.

In fact, morale is often at odds with morals.