# You can teach only Christian history. Nothing else! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678 "2003-12-08T02:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/21 "2003-12-09T05:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SnoopyFan \* > \*\ ***What on earth are we coming to when we allow a small group of fanatics decide what our children will learn?** > > Let’s see: small group of fanatics running the schools. We end up with condoms, classes on masturbation, forced courses on Islam, complete with praying to Allah or being punished, etc. > > All school systems are run by a small group of fanatics. The one mentioned in the OP just happens to be run by a different one than the norm. \*\* :rolleyes: I just spent a week in World Civilizations class learning about Islam, including its history and basic theology. This is not a bad thing. To paraphrase Master Yoda, “Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, hatred leads to suffering.” I like to think that we all have a small part in preventing that suffering by refusing to blind ourselves with our own prejudices, and that refusal begins with educating ourselves about the world and the people who live within it. It may not be 100% within your comfort zone, but it’s still your obligation as a human being to at least try. Quite frankly, people who refuse to learn about other cultures and the world around them scare me. If you’re this intolerant towards Muslims, how can I be sure you’re going to be tolerant towards Jews or anyone else not like you? Judging from your previous posts, I can’t. Honestly, I wouldn’t hire you as my lawyer because I can’t be sure you’d treat my case as fairly, or with the same zeal as you would a white Christian. And I’d KILL to be able to take a course on masturbation. I could stand to improve my technique. 😃 Robin ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/22 "2003-12-09T06:06:30Z")
Unfortunately, I don’t recall it being exactly that type of course, MsRobyn. Not that an all-boys’ school exactly needed the help… ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/23 "2003-12-09T06:39:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheddarsnax \* > **You know, Snoop, I hear they have forced classes on math. What is that shit? The kids are being indoctrifuckinated with this “calculus” and “algebra”.** Don’t you know who invented algebra? Those darn Ay-rabs! If her behavior in other threads is any indication, at least we won’t be hearing any more from **SnoopyFan** here. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/24 "2003-12-09T07:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > > If her behavior in other threads is any indication, at least we won’t be hearing any more from **SnoopyFan** here. Fuck, man. I was gonna ask you for some linkage, but instead clicked that little Search button under her name. Simply astounding. The hell is she on? I’m guessing Krylon _Wedgewood Blue_, but I could be waaaay off. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/25 "2003-12-09T11:08:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > **And I’d KILL to be able to take a course on masturbation. I could stand to improve my technique. 😃** I don’t know if your college offers a Human Sexuality class, but the one I took was one of the best classes ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/26 "2003-12-09T18:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*I don’t know if your college offers a Human Sexuality class, but the one I took was one of the best classes ever. \*\* Yeah, but only because serious competitors have to deal with the man keepin’ em down - [NYU Refuses to Allow Real Sex to Be Filmed In Front of Class](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/nyregion/04MOVI.html?ex=1071205200&en=20a271c8a51c54c0&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE) Puritans! C’mon… you guuuuuys. It’d be fun… ---
**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/27 "2003-12-09T19:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **Wait-if this place is a predominantly Catholic area, like Jack Batty said, that is even more disgusting, because no matter how you feel about the Catholics, you can’t deny they have a well-deserved reputation as being serious about education.** I think you meant “serious about indoctrination”. ---
**Author:** ![Cobalt\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Cobalt\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cobalt_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/28 "2003-12-09T20:54:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVAA \* > \*\*I think you meant “serious about indoctrination”. \*\* Heck, I’m an athiest and would send my hypothetical kid to a Catholic school. Especially a Jesuit institution. Spent my elementary years (early 80s) in a Catholic school. We learned about Judaism, and Islam, and Hinduism; there was never any question that we _wouldn’t_ be taught about evolution. Far more openminded curriculum than I encountered later in a public high school. ---
**Author:** ![Cobalt\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Cobalt\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cobalt_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/29 "2003-12-09T20:57:34Z")
:smack: That’s ‘atheist.’ Unlurking fuzzes my ability to proofread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678/30 "2003-12-09T23:23:00Z")
Do the Crusades and the various Inquisitions/Witch Hunts count as ‘Christian History’? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-teach-only-christian-history-nothing-else/217678.md?page=1)