I agree with you. It seems dishonest to call it bible lit if it's not.
I think it's important to have a good basic school service, wherever you are, free from religion. When I was growing up, the closest school, within safe walking distance, was a Catholic one. The next one over would require cycling on a busy road or driving there before it opened because we had one car and my dad needed that to get to work. It was mostly OK because they knew they had a mixed population and didn't push it too much. It got somewhat uncomfortable around major events though. The few kids who didn't take their first communion were kind of dumped in a room to fend for themselves while the others got classes and a 'dress rehearsal' in a decidedly more festive feel. I actually sung in the choir for a bit because it got me out of extra maths class. Kids want to belong and it's unfair to set conditions so that they have to believe X to belong at school. Beliefs are personal.
I realise we have a special situation here (NL) because wayyyy back, the only way they could get a majority to pass child labour laws was to 'trade' it for a law allowing public funding for religious-based schools as long as they met academic standards. I've always side-eyed the hell out of that and especially now that some people are saying that Christian schools are fine, but we shouldn't fund Muslim schools...
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I think it's important to have a good basic school service, wherever you are, free from religion. When I was growing up, the closest school, within safe walking distance, was a Catholic one. The next one over would require cycling on a busy road or driving there before it opened because we had one car and my dad needed that to get to work. It was mostly OK because they knew they had a mixed population and didn't push it too much. It got somewhat uncomfortable around major events though. The few kids who didn't take their first communion were kind of dumped in a room to fend for themselves while the others got classes and a 'dress rehearsal' in a decidedly more festive feel. I actually sung in the choir for a bit because it got me out of extra maths class. Kids want to belong and it's unfair to set conditions so that they have to believe X to belong at school. Beliefs are personal.
I realise we have a special situation here (NL) because wayyyy back, the only way they could get a majority to pass child labour laws was to 'trade' it for a law allowing public funding for religious-based schools as long as they met academic standards. I've always side-eyed the hell out of that and especially now that some people are saying that Christian schools are fine, but we shouldn't fund Muslim schools...