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Here in Sweden I had a mandatory religious class. They teaced about Hindu, Buddhism, Christianity and so on. We pretty much learned of all the "major" religions and i would say it was pretty beneficial to us all. Did it have shortcomings? Yes, but it was better to get a broad perspective on things instead of just one thing to be teached as "true". We also had history parallel with religion which tied them both together pretty nicely.
Without taking too much liberty, can make an assumption? Sweden has a high level of secularism because of this eclectic education when it comes to religious teaching.
Would that be your assessment?
I would say that it is probably one of the reasons. Another is that you are just not thaught about religion as a way of living and more just like any other subject like physics or history. It's more of a objective look at it and what makes up that religion. Like, Hinduism believes a and therefore does b while Christianity believes c and therefore does d and so on.
It also helps not being raised by religious people of course.
I thought It might be. I think it would be good if the US adopts this approach.
Just out of curiosity, did they mention The Baha'is?
Nope, never heard of them. Like I said, it had its problems but I guess you can't cover everything.
I'm unsurprised. They are very small. Just curious