Major religions should be taught in school. Minor religions should at the very least be covered.

Hahaha, I thought I might get a response like that. I'm going to cite each of your paragraphs and respond to them in turn. "This is ridiculous. Why would a child want to learn about religion? I don't. It seems like a waste of time." >>Urgh. What is so ridiculous about this? We learn about the United States government in school don't we? We learn about science in school don't we? Its information isn't it? I'm not saying we are going to preach Christianity in school and then inform them how the other 11 religions I mentioned are horrible. I'm suggesting we teach all religions as a religion not a faith. Not preaching, teaching. Then you ask me why would we want to learn about religion? Simple, think about the last debate we had "separation of religion and politics". You argued that people making their political choices solely based on god is ridiculous. And to some extent I have to agree but not for your reasons. I feel it is ridiculous because half of those people are simply Christian or whatever religion they are because they were told to be. And of the people who are religious for a reason how many of them truly have read the bible. How many religious people out their could give me an informed and truthful interpretation of their belief. I would argue, not many. This is why we would want to learn about religion. So that not only could the people of America make an informed decision on what religion they wanted to be (as opposed to only having the one choice they grew up with) but also so that the influence on our politics through religion would also be educated. "What makes you think that parents would accept this? If they don't practice any religion then why should their kid sit through a class about it? Also, if they are against one of the many religions that you listed, what makes you think they would allow their kid to sit through it?" >>Well first off lets look at the resolution. I'm saying it should be taught in school. I'm not arguing that it could be taught in school or that it would pass the parents approval. However I have possibilities for your questions anyway. First off, we're teaching the religions in equal parts. We're not favoring any particular form of religion. We're even teaching Agnosticism and Atheism so if they don't practice any religion they are more than covered. Secondly, by the off chance that some parent objects so horribly to one of these religions being taught then sure, that child can have a study hall for a semester. I'm arguing Religion should be taught in school, not religion should be mandated by law to every child. Thirdly if a parent truly feels their religion is the truth, what fear do they have of their child sitting through the others? "you have a very detailed plan, very impressive, but it may not work. i don't think that a parent would make or even allow their child to take these courses." >>Haha, I can't speak for America on my hypothetical plan. I can speak for myself, obviously I would. I suppose this one will have to be left to our voters. If interest isn't shown it could always be dubbed down to simply an elective course. Meh. "why are they necessary? that seems like a fair question. answer that and i'll come up with a better argument next time." >>Why is anything in school necessary? Nothing really is, is it? I could technically skip school and still get some kind of job and live my life. School is all about education, and thats what i'm suggesting. Increasing the education of school. These would be like any other class in the curriculum.