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Originally Posted by Nucklesack  Secularism is the absence of belief and is not the same thing.
Your exactly right, Government and Government funded schools, should not be in the practice of approving/relying/teaching/espousing any religion.
Removing Faith from Government is not teaching or forcing No Faith onto anyone. You see it as the same thing, but its not.
No where does it state to teach secularism/atheism/nofaithism, what it does state is to keep Government and Religion seperate.
In Science class its totally acceptable to teach the Theories of Science. Just as its acceptable in a theology class to teach the Theories of beliefs. As much as you want to argue differently, they are not the same thing. |
The Constitution never intended to keep religion out of politics. The intent of the 1st is to prevent our government (specifically Congress) from establishing an official religion. It's just that simple.
So teaching about religion in our schools and about creationism in the science classrooms by no means violates this. It forces no one to adhere to any particular religious doctrine.
Now, mind you, we could get a William Ayers or a Ward Churchill that have an agenda to indoctrinate our kids but this still doesn't constitute a state-sponsored religion.
I’m just
about what you and so many others are really that worried about.