Because I am a Christian, I believe ONLY Christianity should be taught, of course! Love and Peace to you all♥

I am a Christian too but we must respect all choices !

It is an important part of life and should be taught in schools.

Yes it's an important part of life, but it's part of parent's education too.

I think so but there should be different classes for different religions sign up for yours ya know. i like the idea.

                               
                               
       The Bible. It is the first book ever printed and the best selling book of all time. In early America, reading primers used Bible verses and biblical ideas to teach children Christian morality even as they taught the youngsters to read. Benjamin Franklin wrote that schools should teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern" in his 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania. Noah Webster said that "Education is useless without the Bible," and for many years, the Ten Commandments were posted on classroom walls.

Then came the renowned educator John Dewey and the Humanists, whose goal was and is to completely secularize society and remove all residue of those old worn-out religions - religions that put faith in the supernatural – from society. Their new religion of Humanism makes Mankind his own god, his own discerner of truth and decider of right and wrong. This religion obviously doesn’t mesh well with Biblical Christianity, and so the Humanists decided that the foundational religion of America had to be cast off and out. Bit by bit, Christianity was tossed from American schools, first prayer, then Bible reading, and the Ten Commandments. The result has been the biblical illiteracy of large parts of America.

Even aside from the obvious spiritual ramifications, however, are cultural ones. Writers from Shakespeare to William Faulkner allude to the Bible. So much of American culture is founded in the Bible that Americans can hardly be considered educated unless they have an elementary education in the stories and literature of the Old and New Testaments.

For both spiritual and cultural reasons, society is fighting back. While schools are not allowed to promote any one religion, they are permitted to teach students about the various religions, and about the Bible. They must legally allow Bible clubs on school grounds and give those clubs the same rights and privileges as other extracurricular clubs. Many schools offer classes on the Bible as literature, and students are free to study the Bible in their spare time.

Here are some of the developments in the world of Bible education:

In Georgia, congress passed a bill on that would allow public high schools to offer elective courses on the history and literature of the Old and New Testament times. The Bible would be the actual textbook for the classes, and the schools and students could choose which version(s) to use. These Bible-as-literature classes would concentrate on teaching students about the law, values and the culture of the biblical era.

In Texas, a Bible study club in Plano is suing the school district for denying it the same rights as other school clubs. Students Witnessing Absolute Truth, or S.W.A.T., wanted to have their club description posted with other "Campus Programs" on the school district web site, but were told they could not because theirs was a religious club. "Federal law and the US Constitution require Plano ISD to treat all non-curricular clubs the same and provide equal access to web pages, meeting spaces, bulletin boards and PA announcement," said Hiram Sasser of Liberty Legal, which is representing S.W.A.T.

(School Districts may not fully understand students' rights, and may fear giving Bible clubs full access to school web sites and newspapers. Most schools administrations are willing to work with students once they are aware of the court cases - such as Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001) - in which students' religious freedom has won out over separation of church and state concerns.)

In Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin has decided to allow resident assistants to hold Bible studies and other religious teaching events in their dorm rooms - as long as they don't pressure students about their religious beliefs. "This policy will permit resident assistants to conduct meetings anywhere on campus, including in their rooms, to the same extent as other students," Regent Danae Davis said. "However, resident assistants cannot use their position to pressure, coerce or inappropriately influence residents to attend or participate in a meeting."
                               
                               

I would say yes.
But at my school, all the students are from many different religious backgrounds.

I say yes, but not just one specific group.

I'm agree with Mylmmortal, we have to respect others' choices and it depends on parents' education :)

We have it here in public school, for Catholics, for Jews, for ortodox, and some other churches, if it's necessary, and we have something like for atheists or those who doesn't want to be involved with religion. Anyway it obligatory to chose one of these

sometimes, most church I go 2 do that

No, unless a private, religious school.

yes of course. catholicism, roman catholicism, and christianity. they are only slightly different and all should be taught in school

It irritates me that other religions r allowed to be taught in schools, but when it comes to anything Jesus/God related-no. It's a constant bunch of bull. All forms should be taught.

it would be a blessing.

Yes, but only for those who want to study religion. You should never force someone to do something they don't believe in. That just pushes them further away, so I think it should be an option. I would love to study religion though.

i go to sunday school already, but almost all the kids in my class are Jewish so they dont really know much about Christ (im not saying all jews are not knowledgeable just my classmates).

I go to Catholic school and they teach Religion there. All people have to know about their creator and their savior! Life is not about living to pleasure yourself, life is to learn what The Lord teaches us! To follow Jesus!

Most certainly. without the lords teachings. I dread too think how life would be.

what flaming-wave666 said. we are put on this earth to follow jesus, and to share his love and grace with the world. its all about mission.

No. Too many diverse religious backgrounds exist in this world. So no.

And life is about living for yourself. It's about living everyday to the fullest and remembering your entire life experiences weather good or bad. You have to live for you. No one knows you better than you. Life is to be lived to the fullest and to pleasure yourself.

god knows you better than you. and you cant argue with that.

I'm disappointed that Christianity isn't a subject at school. If it was, I would make that my first choice!