Religious Society
Religion benefits hope, morality, wellbeing and health.
Pluralist society:
o Religious festivals and practices recognised and celebrated.
o Historical and cultural identity.
o Must not force identity on others.
o Does not have to be problematic as optional.
Faith schools:
o Religious aspects benefit hope, morality, wellbeing and health.
o Educational and social w/ religious aspects for mission.
o Ensures historical and cultural identity maintained.
o Optional and unforced as child’s decision.
o CONROY:
□ Pluralist society flourishes.
□ Enables meaningful choice about education.
□ Helps find purpose beyond money-driven society.
WALLACE investigated c.1000 obituaries in US and found those w/ faith lived c.5yrs longer.
CAPPELLEN ‘helping you to re-evaluate your situation in a more positive light.’
MARCHANT ‘although those beliefs might be false…. they make us better.’
Secular Society
Programmatic Secularism – all religion is offensive attempt to overthrow opposing views.
Procedural Secularism – as many public views as possible w/ mediation and w/out favouring.
Secular Schools:
o Inclusive attempting to remove discrimination.
o Educational and social but less in same-sex schools.
o More mental health and discrimination issues w/out free expression.
o Religious events and prayers optional.
BRITISH HUMANIST ASSOCIATION ‘children…. of all different backgrounds and beliefs can learn
with and from each other.’
TAYLOR should be recognised that society is pluralist.
Democratic laws from mostly Christian bishops in HoL.
DAWKINS
Life should be meaningful w/out religion.
Religion problematic and reduces perception and understanding.
Religion affects children:
o Replaces empirical science w/ superstition via indoctrination.
o Baptised/christened and labelled against rights and will.
Hell House in Colorado acted scenes of torture and punishment to scare children into not sinning.
HUMPHREY ‘have a right not to have their minds addled by nonsense… duty to protect them.’
FORD different ways of being modern, not just secularism but programmatic secularism is harmful
as abolishes religion and has used brutal methods (holocaust).
BERGER had no sig. effects as religion exists and based on personal choice.
Religion benefits hope, morality, wellbeing and health.
Pluralist society:
o Religious festivals and practices recognised and celebrated.
o Historical and cultural identity.
o Must not force identity on others.
o Does not have to be problematic as optional.
Faith schools:
o Religious aspects benefit hope, morality, wellbeing and health.
o Educational and social w/ religious aspects for mission.
o Ensures historical and cultural identity maintained.
o Optional and unforced as child’s decision.
o CONROY:
□ Pluralist society flourishes.
□ Enables meaningful choice about education.
□ Helps find purpose beyond money-driven society.
WALLACE investigated c.1000 obituaries in US and found those w/ faith lived c.5yrs longer.
CAPPELLEN ‘helping you to re-evaluate your situation in a more positive light.’
MARCHANT ‘although those beliefs might be false…. they make us better.’
Secular Society
Programmatic Secularism – all religion is offensive attempt to overthrow opposing views.
Procedural Secularism – as many public views as possible w/ mediation and w/out favouring.
Secular Schools:
o Inclusive attempting to remove discrimination.
o Educational and social but less in same-sex schools.
o More mental health and discrimination issues w/out free expression.
o Religious events and prayers optional.
BRITISH HUMANIST ASSOCIATION ‘children…. of all different backgrounds and beliefs can learn
with and from each other.’
TAYLOR should be recognised that society is pluralist.
Democratic laws from mostly Christian bishops in HoL.
DAWKINS
Life should be meaningful w/out religion.
Religion problematic and reduces perception and understanding.
Religion affects children:
o Replaces empirical science w/ superstition via indoctrination.
o Baptised/christened and labelled against rights and will.
Hell House in Colorado acted scenes of torture and punishment to scare children into not sinning.
HUMPHREY ‘have a right not to have their minds addled by nonsense… duty to protect them.’
FORD different ways of being modern, not just secularism but programmatic secularism is harmful
as abolishes religion and has used brutal methods (holocaust).
BERGER had no sig. effects as religion exists and based on personal choice.
