‘Academics’ Michael Reiss and John White believe that atheism needs to be studied in schools because it is one of the ‘big ideas’.

These two (Reiss is a ‘humanist’ and White is ordained in the Church of England) believe that an understanding of non-religion, like an understanding of religion, is a vital part of education.

Nowadays, according to an ICM poll in 2006, the majority of adults in Britain describe themselves as non-religious.

Non-religious is not the same as being an atheist. Not the same at all.

…one would expect most young children of, say, nine or 10 years of age, to be intellectually mature enough to think about how the world came about and why we should be good.

Why would one expect them to be ‘intellectually mature enough’?

For a start, those who espouse humanism/atheism are those who deny children the right to study Creation science, so these kids couldn’t make an informed choice even if some were mature enough to understand the issues.

And what is all this “why we should be good” stuff all about? We used to know! Humanists seem desperate to convey the message that they can be good without God. What does ‘good’ mean when your worldview is that you are descended from pond slime? Why should you be ‘good’ anyway if there is no punishment for sin or even such a thing as sin?

Perhaps by ‘good’ they mean sitting still in class, believing everything you’re fed and growing up to be a good little prole.

I think humanists realise they have a problem with ‘good’ and are trying to convince themselves rather than the rest of us. Maybe they accept that by denying a Creator, there can be no real definition of good and evil so they have to invent a system.

So if they get their wish and introduce the teaching of non-religion, look out for lessons in non-maths, non-english and non-science.

Actually, judging by the level of ‘education’ achieved by many pupils after their thirteen years of state indoctrination it looks like these subjects are already on the curriculum.

In fact, the atheist agenda is fascinating, but I imagine that any ‘education’ on the subject would involve the usual humanist trick of deliberately confusing people by lumping all religions together and creating the illusion that atheism has spread because people are more intelligent now, which is clearly not the case.

I would definitely support teaching children about how humanists/atheists have infiltrated education, government and the media to further their agenda. Somehow I don’t think this is the sort of knowledge that they want spread.

Article spotted by the Christian Institute.