Religion in Schools

I believe in the co-existence of both science and God. However, I do not believe in the co-existence of faith and science in a high-school science class. Let's think about the differences: science, and scientific theories come from observable and re-observable observations, and data. Faith comes from emotional experiences and beings that can not be tested, because they are not manifested in a physical form. For this reason, science and faith needs to be separated in a school setting.

I don't want people to get the wrong idea - I do think that children and teens should be introduced to different religions in school. But when I say different religions, I think they should learn about different religions. Not just Christianity. Not just Judaism. Not just Islam. There's Hinduism, and Janism, and Buddhism, and Confuscism, and Taoism, etc. There are more religions that we don't know anything about because we were never taught it. We could incorporate religion into a world history class, or we could make a religion class for an elective. But I don't believe that people should be introduced to one idea only. There's a world out there, and they need to choose for themselves the right way. We can't spoon feed them.

But then there's an argument that science class only teaches one theory. So let it teach more in regards to evolution. However, the only one I've ever heard of is the string theory. And in other aspects of science, we have theories that no one contradicts. No one contradicts the cell theory. No one makes any effort. So what makes the theories of the origin of universe so much more uncomfortable? I guess because nothing in religion talks about the make up living things. Otherwise, we'd have more petty arguments.

I hope I don't come across as bitter. I'm a Christian, too, but the ignorance of so many of these arguments bothers me. And I like to be informed. And I feel so many times in churches that they lie, or use political propaganda, and don't do what God expects of them. And I felt like sharing this through my anger.