The funny thing is that you could say the same things about science. We live in a time period that is so disturbingly narrowminded, brainwashed, and blinded because of science. To believe fully in science is one of the most ignorant perspectives of reality one could have, because it only gets merely a sliver of the truth about reality. For example, when you ask a physicist about what reality is, they tell you it is simply matter and energy in a constant flux of configuration, but that misses the point. This view is only partially correct, as one can surely say that there is far more to reality than can be apprehended. Unfortunately this is the Nietzschean worldview that we now live in, and it is being used to keep the masses ignorant and ultimately controlled. As for teaching religion, and I know this is going to sound quite blatant but it nevertheless must be mentioned; Even the current traditional understanding of God and other religious phenomena fail and thus we see many people across a variety of media trying to discredit religious doctrine, when neither the faithful nor the atheists understand what they are debating. We live in a lopsided world, where people are being taught that science is the method for which all answers are attainable [at least in theory] and that it is the only way of attaining true knowledge about the universe. Science is indeed useful, but is being abused to exploit the majority of the world's population. When you look back throughout the entire history of philosophy you will see that it started out with a very metaphysical perspective [i.e. Plato], then shifted to materialism [i.e. Aristotle, Bacon, Locke, etc.] and finally it seems we are slowly but surely returning back to the metaphysical/polysemic worldview [i.e. Heidegger]. The point is, we must recognize that reality is always far more than we can understand , thus we must maintain ambiguity when apprehending it, and understand that science is the greatest instrument for maintaining control over people, via ignorance, and that it is an extremely narrowminded perspective when it comes to understanding reality, and everything within it. In short, I absolutely think teaching religion is essential for all forms of education, however not in the traditional understanding of the various doctrines, as they do not adequatelybrepresent what is at stake.

Yeah. Seperation of church and state is a thing

If they taught Christianity, they would have to go teach every other religion, otherwise it a violation of free speech (the freedom of association) and a violation of separation of church and state. Evolution is taught because it uses the scientific method. The method is what you are teaching students. It is actually the scientists job and goal to [b]disprove[/b] the theory of evolution using the scientific method. Teaching only one religion is meant to indoctrinate kids and teach them not to question. Science is the opposite. Religion has no place in schools if the job of the school is to prepare kids to think critically and learn reasoning.

I think they should teach creationism and evolution then let the kids decide for themselves

If teaching creationism is bad, then all forms belief should be banned. I'm agnostic. There's a Mormon kid in my social/history class that somehow always manages to bring up Jesus or sinning or whatever in our discussions. It gets annoying. However, I also don't believe in evolution or the Big Bang or anything like that. So if teaching or talking about creationism is banned, then I think teaching evolution should be banned too.

ITT: people having no idea what evolution actually is but arguing against it anyways.

I thought America was based off separating religion from education

Is creationism the Christian one? If we can teach evolution then why not creationism?

I'm fine with creationism not being taught in schools, as long as they don't act as if anyone actually knows how the world began

Instead of any kind of religion, schools should teach ethics. You don't need religion to know good from bad. Any religion related subject should be optional.

No. The government need to back off. It should be up to the school board. And you shouldn't be able to be sued for saying [i]Jesus[/i]. I myself am an atheist, but come on! The government needs to chill.

Tbh you could make the same argument for Darwinists and the theory of Evolution. Maybe they should teach all beliefs and let kids decide what they want

No because the country that has the most controversy on this was founded on a Christian perspective or creationism

They should also teach the Flat Earth