Religeous Education in Schools

[Tao_Equus]

Originally Posted by bob x

Reminds me of a story about Churchill. One of his colleagues expressed concern about the school Winston had sent his son to: "Don't you know all the masters there are radical Liberals?"
"Good, then all the boys will be Conservatives."

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[smkolins]

Originally Posted by bob x

Reminds me of a story about Churchill. One of his colleagues expressed concern about the school Winston had sent his son to: "Don't you know all the masters there are radical Liberals?"
"Good, then all the boys will be Conservatives."

Even if the overall trends are valid as described, I'm not sure what to do with the interpritation. It could mean that RE leads to lack of religion, or it could mean that one attends church mostly to get religious instruction and getting it somewhere else is good enough.

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by smkolins

Even if the overall trends are valid as described, I'm not sure what to do with the interpritation. It could mean that RE leads to lack of religion, or it could mean that one attends church mostly to get religious instruction and getting it somewhere else is good enough.

Both Churchill's statement and the RE/lack of religion observation might be explained by the following:

If something is too hot, a creature moves toward where it is cold for relief from the heat. Likewise, if something is too cold, a creature will move towards where it is hot for relief from the cold. Where it is lukewarm, a creature develops no compulsion to move.
Therefore, something too extreme forced upon a creature will produce a longing for, and therefore a preference for the opposite, whereas lukewarmness forced upon a creature leads towards a lack of longing. Compulsory extremes will produce a contrary response, whereas compulsive mediocrity will produce a lack of longing, resulting in a lack of response.

Doesn't an attempt to produce a compulsory, one-size-fits-all religious education program fit the description of enforced medicrity? IMHO, it's a surefire way to kill any desire for religion. JMHO.

[Tao_Equus]

Point well made