Honestly, I don't think that religious teachings belong in classrooms other than a religion class.
Do you know where we learned to mesh evolution with our faith. In godsdienst, aka religious education, which we had at school. When our teacher explained to us that evolution and the big bang were the way that God created the world and humanity.
There was no conflict, we were taught that the story of Adam and Eve was a metaphor, a way for people in ancient times to come up with an explanation for the creation of the world. We were basically taught that sometimes the bible contradicted itself, because it was written by people trying to grasp the concept of God, and that it's the meaning behind the words that was important, and not just the exact wording.
As such, I can't think of a single kid in our school, who even considered the notion that the world was only 10.000 years old, though the majority of us still believed that God created the world and mankind.
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Date: 2012-11-01 09:44 am (UTC)Do you know where we learned to mesh evolution with our faith. In godsdienst, aka religious education, which we had at school. When our teacher explained to us that evolution and the big bang were the way that God created the world and humanity.
There was no conflict, we were taught that the story of Adam and Eve was a metaphor, a way for people in ancient times to come up with an explanation for the creation of the world. We were basically taught that sometimes the bible contradicted itself, because it was written by people trying to grasp the concept of God, and that it's the meaning behind the words that was important, and not just the exact wording.
As such, I can't think of a single kid in our school, who even considered the notion that the world was only 10.000 years old, though the majority of us still believed that God created the world and mankind.