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03-28-2015 12:24 PM |
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Originally Posted by Isbjørn
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Where did you find that? The church and state were separated several years ago, even though we're still officially a protestant country.
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Separation of church and state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You apparently need confirmation from certain members of the church of norway to run for election? I just glanced at that. If you say it's wrong, I trust you, but that's what it says.
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Originally Posted by Isbjørn
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But we're taking a step back education-wise. Currently, the schools teach a subject named RLE (religion, worldview and ethics), but the government has decided to bring back the KRLE subject (the K stands for Christianity), which means that the subject will focus about 50% on Christianity. I don't think children should have to read all of Paul's letters, they need to be taught how to think independently and accept other cultures, and that should be the purpose of the subject.
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First of all, I'm very jealous that Norway teaches a worldview class. Second of all, I disagree that the Bible shouldn't be read. There's nothing wrong with reading the Bible and trying to understand what it is about, as long as you balance it by reading a few critical chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas, Siddhartha, Parable of the Madman, Allegory of the Cave, Life in the Universe, the Koran, the Communist Manifesto, etc., and get a good founding for all of the worldviews. I definitely don't agree if the majority of the time is spent on Christianity. If anything, it should be very little time spent on Christianity, because most people know what it's about and can cite the Ten Commandments in their sleep.
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