In message
nternet.com of Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:53:43 in uk.transport.london,
Recliner writes
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:47:43 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:41:19 on Wed, 13 Feb
2013, d remarked:

There are also two Muslim Faith Schools in Nottingham.

Elsewhere in the country there are also Jewish, Hindu, Sikh and Greek
Orthodox Faith Schools.

Unfortunately. "Religious education" is an oxymoron.

We can and do educate children *about* religion - thinks like explaining
what religions believe in (spiritual and culinary), when their religious
holidays are and what they signify.

I don't have a problem with kids learning about religion at school, I have
a problem with them being indoctrinated there - being told for 10 years that
whatever particular fairytale their faith happens to believe in is the gospel
truth and takes priority over scientific reasoning wherever the two disagree.

Yup, on that topic, we're in full agreement. What I particularly resent is
that these cults do this with taxpayers' money, not their own. I don't want
my taxes propping up any cult indoctrination. Religious education, if any,
should be done outside school and school hours, and shouldn't involve any
state support.

Some taxpayers also have religious beliefs.
Currently, the law allows religious schools.
I suggest that debate on this is off topic in uk.transport.london.

My own experience is that I went to school, without adult supervision,
from the age of 4. My children were escorted to nursery and primary
schools and travelled, without escort, to secondary school by public
transport. That was their parents' choice. My opinion of other parents'
choices should probably be kept to myself.
--
Walter Briscoe