tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post3637342609469842550..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Occupying the same spacePeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1547176426155082222008-12-15T08:41:00.000+00:002008-12-15T08:41:00.000+00:00At secondary school in Oz in the 80s we had religi...At secondary school in Oz in the 80s we had religious education classes that strove to give an overview of all the major world religions and emphasised the fact that religion is a personal choice to made without coercion and with knowledge of all the options. I think a segment on humanism fits well in this context.<BR/>I chose atheism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-63887189406328735152008-12-14T15:47:00.000+00:002008-12-14T15:47:00.000+00:00At secondary school we had a few years of lessons ...At secondary school we had a few years of lessons called RK (religious knowledge). One of the teachers justified them not on the grounds that we were being taught Christianity, but on the grounds that all European children ought to know something about Christianity if they were to understand their own history. It was a good argument then and still is today. It works well for Oz too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com