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Hahaha. Interesting question, skier. Wonder where I would have fled to in my sophomore and junior days if atheism was mainline...
I take a world religions course now and it doesn't cover any non-theistic belief systems, with the possible exception of Theravada Buddhism.
I think of atheism and agnosticism as philosophies rather than religions. I'd have a much more meaningful discussion of them in a philosophical context than in a religious one.
As for teaching small children...that sort of thing should be at the parents' discretion. My parents handed down the Catholic faith to me, partially through my primary education, and I plan to do the same thing. I'd rather wait for a time when my children were quite capable of informed, critical thought before I started deluding them with knowledge of other belief systems.
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