My wife teaches religion to 11-16 year olds, and being secular make her job so much easier - when I was at school we did christianity, judaism and a touch of islam, now they don't learn stuff out of a text book (at least not in my wife's class), instead they talk about their points of view, and listen to others - eventually they empathise and can see others' pov without even being asked. The subject of their views changes - religion, abortion, marriage, families, death, rape, neighbours, communities, nationalities - and within that is a more ethical view.
They don't need to know that some bloke built a big boat and took on umpteen animals when it rained, etc.!
Matt- didn't even think of the catholic priest scandels. Catholics covering things up, never *cough - helping Nazis escape to South America*
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