Should I teach my children R.E. if I am home schooling?
One of the things
that I have been looking at is, should I teach my children R.E. now
that I am home schooling?
Over the last
several years we have been teaching our children a mixture of
different religious ways of life due to our own family and friends
beliefs.
A lot of this was
done so that my children would know more about the ways that people
are brought up and may and may not believe.
My self I was
brought up Church of England with a Catholic and Protestant Parents
and Grandparents.
Now that I am a
parent my self we have gone back to a more Pagan up bringing with our
own children and would still attend “Messy Church” once a month
before lock down.
Messy
Church
Iis
"a way of being church for families". Its slogan is
"Church, but not as you know it".
But when I look at
my own up bring and being forced to do R.E at school we were only
taught the basics that included the three following faiths.
Christianity.
Judaism.
Islam.
Christianity
Christianity
is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest religion,
with about 2.5 billion followers. Its adherents, known as Christians,
make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and
territories, and believe that Jesus is the Christ, whose coming as
the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old
Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.
Judaism
Judaism
is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the
collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization
of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in
the Middle East during the Bronze Age. Modern Judaism evolved from
Yahwism, the religion of ancient Israel and Judah, by around 500 BCE,
and is thus considered to be one of the oldest monotheistic
religions. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the
expression of the covenant that God established with the Israelites,
their ancestors. It encompasses a wide body of texts, practices,
theological positions, and forms of organization.
Islam
Is
an Abrahamic monotheistic religion started by the prophet Muhammad in
the early 7th century. It is the world's second-largest religion with
1.9 billion followers, or 24.9% of the world's population, known as
Muslims. Muslims make up a majority of the population in 47
countries. Islam teaches that God is merciful, all-powerful, and
unique, and has guided humanity through prophets, revealed
scriptures, and natural signs. The primary
scriptures of Islam
are the Quran, believed to be the verbatim word of God, as well as
the teachings and normative examples of Muhammad.
I personal hated
R.E. due to the way it was forced onto me and the way that R.E
classes also included other subjects like.
Personal Physical
Education
Sex Education
Fashion
Health and
Well-being
Religious Days and
Events
Family Relationships
Charitable Beliefs
Death and the After
Life.
Rights and men,
women and children.
Plus may other
subjects, however it was not a subject I enjoyed and I hated having
to be made to read allowed in this lesson and to read about things
like how sex before marriage is a sin.
I think to be taught
this subject at any age for me I found very confusing and even with
my own children the information about R.E. is some what hard to teach
and explain.
I remember my
children believing that Farther Christmas was at the birth of Jesus
Christ and that all people who are Muslim are terrorist.
This is from being
taught in state ran and
Christian
schooling.
State School
State
schools or public schools are generally primary or secondary schools
that educate all children without charge. They are funded in whole or
in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every
country of the world, though there are significant variations in
their structure and educational programmes. State education generally
encompasses primary and secondary education.
A
Christian
A
school
is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian
organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from
country to country, according to the religious, educational, and
political cultures. In some countries, there is a strict separation
of church and state, so all religious schools are private; in others,
there is an established church whose teachings form an integral part
of the state-operated educational system; in yet others, the state
subsidizes religious schools of various.
Types
of school
Types
of school - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
So now I think to
myself will I teach R.E at home?
One thing that was
on T.V recently was Hanukkah
and I did not minded my children learning about this and did a day on
what Hanukkah
was the same with Diwali.
Hanukkah
is a
Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and
subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the
Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century
BCE. It
is also known as the Festival of Lights.
Diwali
is a
festival of lights and one
of the major festivals celebrated
by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, notably Newar Buddhists.
The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the
Hindu lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November).
Yet I think personal
I will look at teaching a more Pagan way of life and
teach about what I call “Holy Days” when required.
Pagan
Paganism
(from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic",
later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth
century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who
practiced polytheism or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the
time of the Roman empire, individuals fell into the pagan class
either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative
to the Christian population, or because they were not milites Christi
(soldiers of Christ).
“Holy
Days”, a
day on which a religious observance is held.
Below I have added
some links that you may find useful so that you can make your own
mind up.
Should
religion be taught in schools? - netivist
Four
Reasons Why You Should Teach About Religion in School (Opinion)
(edweek.org)
Religion
in Schools Pros and Cons | APECSEC.org
Schools
should teach religion. What they shouldn't teach is faith.
(nbcnews.com)
7
Reasons Why Religion Must Be Taught in School | Edutopia
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