Christians, Agree or Disagree: kids are sent off to school to learn, not believe.?

The real question is does it take any less faith to believe kids are going to school to "learn," not to "believe," than it does to believe in God.

There's a reason your kids know that the Founding Fathers fought for freedom and the right to be represented by government, but they don't know they were mostly bootleggers and insanely rich elitists who spent much of their time in politics passing most of their irresponsible economic policy on to the poorest in the nation they created.

Yes, I agree. But, at the same time, atheism is basically being pushed as the Default Worldview in schools.

I'm not against science being taught in classrooms, but how about NOT pushing things like the Big Bang?

There is nothing wrong with the scientific method and other such teachings...

But then... other ideas that also have some scientific backing are being shut out.

I pay taxes, let's be fair here. Atheism is NOT a religion, fine, I get that...

but it is a worldview & I'm helping to pay for it to be pushed to my future children by default.

Let them make up their own minds. Stick to the facts. Things that we observe in nature. The scientific method. Things of that nature....

If we are to be honest, none of us have lived 7000 + years, let alone Billions!!

I was not there when God created the world.

I assume, you were not there when the Universe came in to being via the Big Bang.

Correct? If so, can we agree that atheism should not be taught as a default worldview?

Can you see how pushing the Big Bang would detract highly from the concept of God creating the Universe?

Imagine if the shoe were on the other foot, and we taught kids in school that the Bible is the only acceptable worldview that they can accept?

For true fairness, we need to remove atheism from schools too. Stick to the facts, and I can be ok with the whole thing.

Disagree, They are sent to School to learn to believe in what they are taught.

AGREE. Children are sent to school to learn about facts. Well I can tell you this much, why teach religion when it is simply not fact? There is no evidence that what was written in the bible actually happened, so why teach an unproven myth to our children? Greek Mythology is not a course, so why should Christianity be one too? Evolution is proven fact, Christianity is not. It's as simple as that.

Ridiculous...children are sent off to school so that the patrimony of Western Culture can be passed on.

Art, physical culture, social skills, Civics. Your view of education is stinted and bigoted.

Yes, then why do they try to teach children to believe something they themselves cannot prove as true? Evolution CANNOT prove everything came from a single living cell, there are no fossils to prove that. That life sprang forth from nonliving matter, again, no proof of that, and that the universe started with the Big Bang, again, no real proof. Why thumb down something you know as true, denial much?

I would want my pip boys to learn practical subjects at school.

No need to indoctrinate them with religious subjects in a public schools.

Atheist believing is learning too!

Children learn because they believe their teachers in school.

How they can learn without believing...what kind of stupid question is this!!!!!

concerning atheism (evolution) believe would be the proper term