Putting God back into schools.

[TDDA]

While religion certainly is a compass and tool for moral, I see the problem sit's elsewhere.

All the time I read how shitty school systems are, especially in the US. How they indoctrinate your children with CRT and gender stuff. Now the same people seem to cry for more indoctrination?

Not indoctrination, more along the lines of education. In the US, it is illegal, banned by the First Amendment, for kids to be led to any particular religion in a public, government, school. They can be taught about various religions (as part of a comparative sociology curriculum, for example), but no one of them may be endorsed by the school or teachers as "the" religion.

Personally, I think all elementary and high schools should be limited to teaching ONLY reading, writing, and arithmetic. anything beyond those - religions for example, languages and art for a couple more examples - should be restricted to collegiate institutions, when the child is old enough to pick elective courses, and AFTER they have learned the survival basics listed above. I also believe sports should be banned from schools - it has no bearing on a basic education.

But that's just my opinion.

With that said, I don't believe God has ever been kicked out of any schools. they still have exams, don't they? I've never taken an exam that didn't have a bunch of fervent praying just beforehand by a great many students!

The pledge of allegiance used to be recited every morning in schools, back when I was a student, for example, but I believe has since been removed because it has a line that says "one nation, under God". it does not specify WHICH god, so that is up to the individual's interpretation and doesn't constitute a governmental endorsement of any particular god, but still some rabid folk, fearful of any gods, raised a ruckus and had it removed. Yes, "fearful" - if they did not believe in SOME god, there would be no basis for fear, and therefore no basis for their objections. it would just be another formulaic pronouncement to them, without meaning, and therefore with no reason to so strenuously object to it.

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I was visiting a Catholic school in my first 4 years (elementary). You had to be Catholic to be there, not sure if there were exceptions. I didn't care or ask about that, it wasn't on my mind back then. 

Then, I went on to the Gymnasium, a state run school. There, we had religion classes. I graduated towards end of the 2000s, to give you an idea about the mindset of diversity back then. Oh and suddenly, it wasn't only Catholic and Evangelic and general Ethics for those unbaptized. Soon, we also had to accomodate for Muslims, Buddhist and some other religions. wow was that a chaos. It just doesn't work in a school setting with multiple religions.

About being fearful. I have not reflected enough on it yet but indeed I go out of my way for God, or how I call them Energies of Life aka Nature. If I see something that I can do that would speak on behalf of what I think is right in the eyes of God/Energies, I will go out of my way and do it.

And if it's just dropped towels in a bathroom I pick up for others, even though it wasn't my fault. At that moment I have the decision to either ignore it and pick up only a towel for me, or pick up all and arrange them neatly for everyone else that comes after me. They will never know I did that, yet I had to make that decision. Do I spend the work for others or just for me?

Same with all the blessings I got from members here and on ATS wishing me good health during and after my hospital stay. I actually noticed that and I am doing my best to pass that on, to balance.