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I see two problems with this.
First off, depending on the size of the school, there may be little option but to take the class.
We can say "peer pressure" or "social pressure" is not a problem all we want, but if 80% of the parents at a school of say 150 students register their children for the class, let me tell you, there will be pressure excerted between students. Kids are just naturally mean spirtited towards one another.
Second, there is no elective studying other religions. I find this humourus becuase if a well known Koran scholar stepped in in say, Chicago which has a fairly good sized muslim population, and offered to pay for an elective teaching the Koran in school...
...Well, lets not lie to ourseles. It's the same people who pushed for this that would scream bloody murder.
I see no inherant problem with the class, and have no problem with religion.
So I guess my issue here is simple. There isn't going to be another class focusing on another religion, and I have little hope that this class will in any way analyze christianity criticaly.
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