BellyDancer asked:
If the US requires there to be a “separation of church and state” and scientology is now a religion, why is the beliefs associated with it allowed to be taught in public schools, but beliefs of other religions is not allowed to be mentioned whatsoever in public school? Is this not favoring one religion over another, thus, in a sense, forcing a religion on a person indirectly?
Collecting Comix
If the US requires there to be a “separation of church and state” and scientology is now a religion, why is the beliefs associated with it allowed to be taught in public schools, but beliefs of other religions is not allowed to be mentioned whatsoever in public school? Is this not favoring one religion over another, thus, in a sense, forcing a religion on a person indirectly?
Collecting Comix
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Failed Experiment
Where is this occurring, any references?
Maybe it’s in the science fiction section.
ProConsultancy.com
I think you’re confusing “science” with “scientology” — the two have nothing to do with each other. Science is not a religion, and scientology is not science. As far as I know, no public schools are teaching scientology.
Failed Experiment
As far as I know, Scientology, as a discipline, is NOT allowed to
be taught. There are, of course, some concepts that are
actually founded in science and those can be taught … but as
a discipline, no.
Low Cost Bargain
I haven’t heard about this. Where is that being taught? Last I heard Scientology is a secretive religion. I do not think any religion should be taught in schools but children should be allowed to pray and recite the Pledge.
Collecting Comix
I have not heard of Scientology being specifically taught at schools. Where do you live.
Fire Your Boss Now
Scientology is a (bogus) religion.
Science isn’t a religion. Get them straight.
Fire Your Boss Now
maybe the same reason the religion of evolution humanisim is taught in schools but the Truth of Christ is not taught and even banned.
religion
You’d have to give an example of scientology taught in schools…
ProConsultancy
I haven’t heard of this occuring, but if you’ve read an article about it, I’d love to get a link from you. No, really, I really would. If you can cite ANY sources, please do. I’d love to read about it.
Low Cost Bargain
could you possibly cite a specific case of this happening?
I’m thinking you are misunderstanding something.
Failed Experiment
Not happening anywhere I know of. Schools can teach comparitive religions – that’s the general beliefs and history of world religions without emphasizing a particular one – but they can’t teach a religious class without running fowl of all kinds of interest groups – ACLU and others. So I think you are mistaken.
Note on Scientology – this is a pay-per-lesson religion, and would not be taught for free anywhere. To learn about thetans (the aliens Scientologists think inhabit our bodies) you have to pay a lot of money, and buy a machine that ‘audits’ you (tells you how many thetans you have). All this mumbo-jumbo is covered by copyrights that are strictly enforced.
Low Cost Bargain
There are Scientology schools, where most kids who were born into it go, but I have never heard of it being taught in public school. You wouldn’t attend these schools unless you were a Scientologist though, thankfully. Scientology has kind of seeped into many aspects of society by way of a number of front groups that do various things for the community, like Narconon and the like. These groups do not advertise that they are really Scientologists, so it is very possible that if you heard that Scientology was being taught in ____ school, it’s definitely run by Scientologists.