Teaching of Christianity 'lacks intellectual development'

[Gerald]

The teaching of Christianity can be "incoherent" or "too stereotypical", an academic leading a project to improve lessons in English schools has said.

Lessons can lack "intellectual development", said Dr Nigel Fancourt of Oxford University.

His comments follow a poll finding widespread support in England for teaching about Christianity in schools.

Richy Thompson of the British Humanist Association said schools should also reflect non-religious world views.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of adults questioned for Oxford University agreed pupils must know about Christianity to understand English history.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20468439


Note: 26 November 2012 Last updated at 00:56 GMT

[Armistead]

I have no problem teaching it from a historical/political perspective

[Gerald]

I think most people think like you there,

[Oberon]

[Gerald]

^Hey...no text or image,

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Vendor

^Hey...no text or image,

Hopefully fixed now.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Hopefully fixed now.

Great,

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Oberon

This one was always my favorite.

I have no problem teaching it from a historical/political perspective

Leaving aside the sarcastic prophets of thread apocalypse, Armistead's reasoned response is spot on.

One does not need to be a Christian to study the effect that Christianity had on history any more than one should be required to be a Bolshevik to study the Russian Revolution.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I have no problem teaching it from a historical/political perspective

I agree, I think information on all the major religions should be presented to students in an unbiased and factual way.

Oh and I almost forgot:

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

One does not need to be a Christian to study the effect that Christianity had on history any more than one should be required to be a Bolshevik to study the Russian Revolution.

Tell that to all the people who have called me a socialist, communist, Marxist, Stalinist, and all other titles such you can imagine as well.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Leaving aside the sarcastic prophets of thread apocalypse

The only thing comments like that do is get us to trouble faster. Or perhaps that was your intention in the first place.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Leaving aside the sarcastic prophets of thread apocalypse...

I think that should be an actual user group on subsim...

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

The only thing comments like that do is get us to trouble faster. Or perhaps that was your intention in the first place.

Not at all. The potential was certainly there for acrimony and hate but Armistead's sound, polite and responsible post should had served to put the thread on a reasonable footing.

So the selected memes were unnecessarily sarcastic and others, more irrelevant or irreverent perhaps might have served better. That's all; just one opinion.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

So the selected memes were unnecessarily sarcastic and others, more irrelevant or irreverent perhaps might have served better. That's all; just one opinion.

The selected memes were apt. This was a pot-stirring thread. The OP knows what topics get the members punching each other and posts accordingly. He then sits back and watches the show, never venturing an opinion one way or another while the other members are played like an accordion. It's all very methodical.