• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    Disagree. People without any religious knowledge are more susceptible to being lured into one.

    Instead, school should teach about the history (how they came to be) of the mayor religions.

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      Out of curiosity do you have any evidence to back that claim for those raised in an environment where you have a high degree of science education? Like I know without science to explain the natural world, religion makes “sense”. But as long as you have a strong knowledge base in science I’m not convinced people would be easily swayed by religion.

      For example, I was raised without religion, and I’ve never seen much of a reason to learn about it. That being said whenever I hear someone talk about religion it sounds particularly absurd to my ears. “Sky Daddy will fix all your ills, you just need to trust in sky Daddy. Sky Daddy doesn’t like it when you X.” I’m sorry, what? Uh no.

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        1 day ago

        Same reason as why sexual education is important. You can’t make an informed choice if you’re not informed.

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      No. We already know how to prevent that without teaching religion. Building a solid foundation on science, critical thinking and evidence based knowledge.