When at school were you ever taught some utterly ridiculous religious stupidity?

[Helm]

I remember being told to school assembly that if we were ever to take up smoking we would go to Hell, or something along those lines. The reasoning being if you smoke you could die of lung cancer so it would be yourself who who would be killing yourself. But only God is allowed to decide when you are going to die so he's going to be pissed if you do his job for him. But if God decides everything that's going to happen to everyone surely you smoking and dying of lung cancer would have been part of his plan to kill you off in the first place? It's not like you would be able to get one up on him.

[Lord Rahl]

Nope. Went to public schools all of my life.

[♔Goodguy1066♔]

My JS (Jewish Studies) teacher in primary school told us that God doesn't exist. She was forced to apologise to the offended parents.

[HansDuet]

My JS (Jewish Studies) teacher in primary school told us that God doesn't exist. She was forced to apologise to the offended parents.

Silly parents. Educated your children better instead of ing at those trying to.

[Randarkmaan]

Well, my sister's teacher in religion (a high school subject) was some crazy independent church dude, who spent his time making Jesus-techno. When they were studying Buddhism he basically told them that it was a stupid, inconsistent relgion and they would end up in hell if they were Buddhist.

Though he was the teacher for the classes following the 'Music, dance and drama' program, and there some 70 % of the students are Christian fundies eitherway, rock on!


I also have an experience of my own, though it's not really 'some utterly ridiculous religious stupidity', but when I started at school and first had the religion subject (usually just called 'Christianity' in grade school, when I went), I was sort of confused. I had basically never been exposed to religion earlier in my life, never been in a church, never heard of the Bible (or realized that I heard quotes from it). So after a few months I actually thought that the Bible was actually some guy and not a book (for a while I actually thought it was some bee character), and I was completely confused about the other stuff as well once I realized the Bible was a book, I thought Esau was some sort of red werewolf-like thing, among other stuff. Not to mention my teacher was a complete dolt and we mostly just sang songs.

[The Dude]

In my first elementary school grade I was made to sing a song about being leprose because I had sinned.

[Helm]

My JS (Jewish Studies) teacher in primary school told us that God doesn't exist.

So you were taught some utterly sensible atheistic intelligence at school?

[hellheaven1987]

My JS (Jewish Studies) teacher in primary school told us that God doesn't exist. She was forced to apologise to the offended parents.

Remind me a biology professor in my previous university (I was never in his classes before anyway), who was famous for opening his classes with "there is no God" statement and spent his first class lecturing students why creationism was wrong.

And my friends told me he always made several students cried in first class every semester for that approach.

[Tuor]

Remind me a biology professor in my previous university (I was never in his classes before anyway), who was famous for opening his classes with "there is no God" statement and spent his first class lecturing students why creationism was wrong.

And my friends told me he always made several students cried in first class every semester for that approach.

That would make for an awkward class. Plus, that's rather rude.

[Vir Triumphalis]

Remind me a biology professor in my previous university (I was never in his classes before anyway), who was famous for opening his classes with "there is no God" statement and spent his first class lecturing students why creationism was wrong.

And my friends told me he always made several students cried in first class every semester for that approach.

That should be the way how teachers discuss, debunk myths

[hellheaven1987]

That should be the way how teachers discuss, debunk myths

I don't think it is proper to waste time on that, especially whether God exists or not does not matter about the objectives of classes. However, consider even some of my own classes have to include one chapter to discuss about creationism (and that is university biology course), it is not surprised to me that professor would take such stance (probably with the bless of university, I don't know about that). Overall, we have to remember that this event happened in rural area of Midwest US, where a lot of students are grown up in devoted Christian family.

[Vir Triumphalis]

I don't think it is proper to waste time on that, especially whether God exists or not does not matter about the objectives of classes. However, consider even some of my own classes have to include one chapter to discuss about creationism (and that is university biology course), it is not surprised to me that professor would take such stance (probably with the bless of university, I don't know about that). Overall, we have to remember that this event happened in rural area of Midwest US, where a lot of students are grown up in devoted Christian family.

Being in a rural-area dominated by Christians may be the reason those students cried. It's a rare situation. You don't find an Atheist preacher in such areas.

[basics]

" Remind me a biology professor in my previous university (I was never in his classes before anyway), who was famous for opening his classes with "there is no God" statement and spent his first class lecturing students why creationism was wrong. "

And here lies what is predominant in modern teaching that answers the question admirably. My daughter goes to RE classes yet Christianity is the last subject to make remarks on if indeed allowed. Oh, apparently you can discuss any other religion or no religion but bring up Jesus and see how fast the subject changes.

[ccllnply]

I remember when I was younger, I was like 7, I had a conversation with my teacher. She said that the Virgin Mary was the only person to ever live without sin. I asked "What about Jesus?". She replied "Well, you have to remember that Jesus was only human". To which I replied, "Wasn't Jesus more human than Mary?".

She quickly changed the subject.

Then, a few weeks ago, our, in fairness, insane religion teacher said that ghosts are real and that was fact

[Nyxos]

I was in a Jesuit school from age 6 to 18. S yes, I was "taught" some crap, but it was mostly the good side of religion aka help others and such, no biblical nonsense.

[Tyler_the_Great]

yea, mostly in schools the atheist teachers just try to brainwash young kids into being retarded liberal zombies.

[HansDuet]

yea, mostly in schools the atheist teachers just try to brainwash young kids into being retarded liberal zombies.

MY GOD, they're trying to teach you something!

Horrible blasphemy.

[Vanoi]

yea, mostly in schools the atheist teachers just try to brainwash young kids into being retarded liberal zombies.

Sometimes you just got to love what religious conservatives say

[Brain_in_a_vat]

yea, mostly in schools the atheist teachers just try to brainwash young kids into being retarded liberal zombies.

Uuhhhhhhhhhhh.

I just died inside.

[★Bandiera Rossa☭]

yea, mostly in schools the atheist teachers just try to brainwash young kids into being retarded liberal zombies.

Really? I had the opposite experience..religious conservatives brainwashing us about how Marxists and Muslims were conspiring to ruin the "Christian Nation" of the U.S.A. On the other hand, a few years ago (Not in elementary school like the other one) I had an openly Marxist teacher. He tried to avoid bias, and was really successful at it. He would not mention Marxism unless it was mentioned by someone else, and he would only talk about his personal politics if you asked him outside of class. Of course, it was this teacher who was the target of hate by pissed off parents and the local Tea Party. Not the conservative ideologues that teach a USA centric view of history in which Ronald Reagan was chosen by god to destroy communism and Islam (He actually was responsible for the rise of some Islamist movements).