Do American Schools have Religious Education?

In my experience Comparative Religion is taught at the college level. Each school district has the freedom to set their own school curriculum as long as they offer the basics and don't violate the law. So I can't say such a class wouldn't be offered, just that it's not generally considered "essential" education.

As to your edit-- All graduates pass standardized tests in the required fields. After that, it's worse than each state setting it's own curriculum. Each School District sets it's own curriculum. Here's a list of school districts in Ohio. http://www.tax.ohio.gov/divisions/school_district_...

Usually not unless the child attends a special, private , say Catholic school or something. In a public school a child may be able to take an elective class of his choosing that centers around religion, but it could not be part of the forced curriculum because of the part of our constitution which provides for a "separation of church and state" Which you, I am sure would have a deep respect for as an Athiest. My partner took a class similar to yours in his high school called "response to Atheism" where they studied philosophy and religeon, first trying to prove their existance as human beings and then followed up by the study of various religious cultures. He found it very enlightening and is very rare and unique in this country.

Over here are too many atheists, so only the never proved "Theory of evolution" is taught. Yet NO one can tell us Christians "Where did the first atom come from that split into two, then four, then eight,... into all the moons, stars, planets,... into our earth with everything from water to rocks, trees to nuts, grass to flowers,fish to bugs, birds to animals,... into us with the ability to Love?" Can you answer this question? Where did that first atom come from?

We should teach religion for the Bible has long since been proven true. Neighboring countries of the Israelites have confirmed history in the Bible. Natural things & places have been found to confirm the words of the Bible. Even Noah's Ark has been found to the exact measurements as the Bible says, on top of the tallest mountain in Turkey, even photoed by NASA's satellites. So you can look at it if you want. Or get reports proving all this. There are fossils of long since dried out river beds with man's and dinosaur's footprints from the same time, so close it maybe the same day. For if it the bed became too dry the footprints would not be made and if too wet they would fall back in. Several are in the state of Texes, here in the U.S., the longest almost 200 feet long.Then there are tens of thousands of people that have died and been brought back to life that either went to a tunnel like area to he judgment area, to hell, or a few have been taken to see both and told what they need to do. I died in 1976 so I know that is true. Then there are the unexplainable miracles that happen, often saving ones life. Not 'scientifically' possible.

In an international school, students will normally be taught about the different religions at some point, but it is not a weekly lesson. The international school I went to taught about all main religions in year 5 for about a month in the 'Social studies' class. However I'm not sure this applies in all american schools. I would take a look at the curiculum in use at the school in question.

good luck!!!

This question deserves a fuller answer than I can give it here. Most people in the US who loudly advocate *for* religious teaching in public schools would with equal vehemence *oppose* teaching the facts about any faith other than their own. (Similarly, people who favor mandated prayer in public schools would likely be up in arms if the prayer were the Rosary, or the Sh'ma Israel, and they would succumb to apoplexy if it were the Charge of the Goddess.)

On several occasions attempts have been made to mandate teaching non-sectarian "Bible-history" classes in public schools. This has universally been an abject failure, with students being presented such "non-sectarian" questions as "Why is it so hard for a non-Christian to understand things about God?" and "If you had a Jewish friend who wanted to know if Jesus was the Messiah, which one of the Gospels would you give him?" and my favorite, "The largest religious group in the United States is the __________. The second largest is the _Non-Christians_ (I answered this one for you)."

No, our Constitution forbids it fortunately. As polarized as we are politically, I think it would be impossible to have a course that would be neutral, but informative, concerning different faiths. The more secular the instruction would be the more the theists would complain, and vise-versa. There is a strong movement in this country to force religious instruction in to public education, but only the type of instruction that supports the beliefs of the proponents.