The Fix is In — Britons Teach Atheism as New Faith!
February 16, 2004 · Print This Article
This is the most brilliant shake-up of religious education I’ve ever heard. In an attempt to rationalize the decline in British youth attending church service, the national exam board is preparing a new curriculum which actually embraces agnosticism.
Children to Study Atheism at School Non-religious beliefs such as humanism, agnosticism and atheism would be covered alongside major faiths such as Christianity or Islam under draft guidelines being prepared by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which regulates what is taught in schools in England. It’s beautiful: bitter youth rattling against the secular cage suddenly discovers the national gestalt is far more open-minded than he’s ever seen. In fact, once the church is laid out in a table with Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Atheism and the rest, it’ll be no more difficult picking a faith than it is picking which version of MS Office you need for your home dental practice. I can see it now… features and benefits across the top, major belief systems down the axis, little checkmark wing-dings indicating which faith is free, standard, and of course deluxe….
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