Intelligently designed?

[Proletariat]

The kids are taught about various religions...

Just curious. Maybe Dublin is the most egalitarian melting pot on the planet. But what if 99.9% of the people (tax payers) who fund the schools are die hard Baptists? Should they be forced to fund the teaching of every inane religious tradition just for the sake of equal coverage?

[_Martyr_]

Well, funny you should say it. Ireland is over 90% Catholic... but thats beside the point.

The charter in this case is to teach the kids about religion. That is, religion as a dimension of the human experience. As I said, its not teaching them the religion itself. Just as with languages, I would argue that one learns to better understand one's religion after having studied another. And I will also repeat that I myself am not religous at this time in my life. Why should the Irish taxpayer have to foot the bill for teaching all the kids a foriegn language? So that they better understand english and when they go abroad they will be better able to communicate with others. To learn that languages share an awful lot in common, and understand the basic structures and mechanics that make up a language, but also to understand the differences. It also provides a perspective into the lives of people from all around the world, something EXTREMELY valuable. Teaching about Religion in this way has exactly the same effect. I can honestly say it did me a lot of good.

Hell, sure how else would I know about all you crazy Baptists!