I support this idea
However, it's on one condition. That an equal amount of time and expertise is spent on teaching the Koran and the holy texts of other major (as in, world affecting) religous texts.
The reason I say this is they have just as much an effect on the current world status - some knowledge of the koran would be essential the dealing with middle eastern countries, for example.

I'm not great at supporting my point, but I hope I managed to get it accross ok.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:54, 1 reply)

You're missing my point
which wasn't about religion or faith but about culture and how the Bible (which coincidentally the Old Testament forms a fundamental part of each of the three main monotheistic faiths as they're each based upon Abrahamic tradition) in particular has affected the entire world.

Without knowledge of the Bible huge swathes of art and literature would be rendered incomprehensible.

The Torah and the Koran have not affected the very fabric of our culture in the same way.

That's my point.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 20:18, closed)