It'll be harder for people in the developed countries to accept God as time progresses. In fact, the number of Christians I believe will drop significantly from developed countries where as the numbers will increase tremendously from the developing and 3rd world countries.VICTORIAN state primary school students will soon have an alternative — religious education lessons taught by people who do not believe in God and say there is "no evidence of any supernatural power".
The Humanist Society of Victoria has developed a curriculum, which the State Government accreditation body says it intends to approve, to deliver 30-minute lessons each week of "humanist applied ethics" to primary pupils.
Accredited volunteers will be able to teach their philosophy in the class time designated for religious instruction. As with lessons delivered by faith groups, parents will be able to request that their children do not participate.
Victorian Humanist Society president Stephen Stuart said: "Atheistical parents will be pleased to hear that humanistic courses of ethics will soon be available in some state schools."
But the body that accredits Victoria's 3500 Christian religious instruction volunteers, Access Ministries, says humanism is not a religion and so should not be taught in religious education time.
Access Ministries now teaches in about two-thirds of state primary schools. Other accredited instructors teach Judaism, Buddhism and Baha'i.
The Humanist Society does not consider itself to be a religious organisation and believes ethics have "no necessary connection with religion". Humanists believe people are responsible for their own destiny and reject the notion of a supernatural force or God. More
Slowly, Christianity will be kicked out of any major fields in the world. Perhaps, no God in sports, no God in entertainment or even no God in Church!
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The schools are just offering atheism as a subject that can be taken, just like christian studies/buddhist studies/etc. I'm not particularly fussed about it, simply because from a public policy perspective, it's only fair that all sides are given a fair hearing.
Besides - the christian studies programmes in schools are really often quite rubbish in teaching anyway...most aussies feel its a waste of time.
I think it's just a reminder to us that education HAS to happen within the home unit, and parents shouldnt be relying on schools to do all the hard work for them.
The problem is most churches aren't interested in teaching people to deal with the new form of atheism arising. Which is unfortunate, because then christians won't be able to respond to the questions their kids have.
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