Prothero

I agree with Prothero's proposal for how to solve the problem that our generation currently has with religious illiteracy with a civic solution and that civic solution being our public schools. I have seen teachers first hand who have squirmed when asked something that dipped into the topic of religion. History and art have so much to do with religion and if teachers cannot talk about it because it goes into the forbidden realm of religion, how can teachers accurately teach us. Teaching students about religion, and not just one religion but all, is not forcing students to convert or accept a certain religion. In order for society to be able to stop the problem of religious illiteracy and solve it, they must start with the public schools because those students will one day be the future generation of America; the melting pot of the world. Of course there will be some controversy, but I think that if they go about planning the courses in a way where they are just teaching the students about the world religions, then there shouldn't be a problem with making it happen.