To judge parents who do not even tell their children Easter is a religious festival

[Tuliptana]

I'm shocked that 12 out of 20 children in my childs class had no religious knowledge of the meaning of Good Friday or Easter Sunday for Christians.
All aged 9yrs old.

This post sounds like a bot to me. First, Easter will have been covered more than once in primary school by year 4. Second, how would this poster know that 12 out of 20 children claimed no knowledge of the festival's Christian origins?

Just imagine what this @Tuliptana must be like in, gulp, real life?!

I do, but in an unbiased way that is not indoctrinating.

Understanding people's beliefs and customs is important and this is what is taught in English schools.

This OP, according to her other thread, doesn’t actually have any children!!

I think the idea of there being a god is pretty ridiculous - so that applies to Islam as much as it does to Christianity or any other religion involving a deity or deities.

I taught my kids from tots about the meaning of religious festivals, otherwise it’s hypocritical to celebrate them

I thought Jesus rose from the dead because he didn't want to miss out on his Easter eggs 🤔

We're atheist and I definitely skipped over the Christian version of Easter when mine were small. I mean one minute they're learning about the baby Jesus, meek and mild and three short months later they're whipping him and nailing him to a tree. Grim.

That explains the lack of religious knowledge of 9yos in a Catholic school in Ireland.

😂😂😂😂😂

We go to church pretty regularly. My
son was in the palm
sunday procession, loves getting a blessing, we will go on Easter Sunday to the children’s service. I just asked him what Easter is about (following this post) and he said being with your family and having fun.

I’ll take it.

He is 3, 4 in the summer.

He also probably doesn’t know the Christian meaning of Christmas even though we go to church.

My parents gave me servers trauma by telling me bible stories, Jezebel being eaten by dogs, babies drowning in Noah’s flood, Lot sleeping (a euphemism) with his daughters, 42 boys being mauled to death by bears for making fun of elisha being bald, the Moabite king being killed on the toilet, John the Baptist being beheaded at a birthday party.

I am ok with my child not understanding religious significance of things and staying a happy ok child.

Then maybe you should stop disrespecting people who don't believe the Christian stories.

Baby chicks made the crown of thorns? Too blasphemous? 😉

@Tuliptana I was brought up in a very Catholic family and society, and I can practically hear my late, Catholic father say, to you, "your arse". Ireland is a multicultural country of many religions. You do you, and leave the Muslims, Wiccans, Jews, atheists, etc etc etc to their stuff. It's nice when adults are curious and informed about other religions, but fgs just let the wains enjoy the chocolate, and let the parents focus on the stuff that matters.

I sincerely believe Jesus would be delighted to think that children of any, all, or no religion mark his crucifixion and resurrection as they largely do his birth: with a bit of time off school to just mess about with family and friends, and oblivious feasting on chocolate.

Religion in not seen as important in the developed world by the majority. Therefore your observation is unsurprising. I can definitely see the UK moving slowly towards a time where even the terms Christmas and Easter will be replaced by 'the holidays' like in America.

We’re not a religious family, my child goes to a non-faith school and yet has been told by his teacher that the Christian Easter story is true, and Jesus was real, he’s 5 so he believes whatever she tells him. I find that far more problematic than kids not knowing the Christian version of Easter, if I wanted religion sold as fact to my kids I’d send them to a faith school. I’d have no issue him being taught “some people believe XYZ”. Easter is stolen from a pagan festival anyway, although in this house we just celebrate daffodils and mini eggs.

Which sources do you refer to?

From what I know, estimates put her anywhere from 12 to 16. She was certainly much younger than him.

Yes, I agree. I went to a very diverse primary/Junior school and can clearly remember learning about different faiths. At my son’s school, they have only learned about Christianity which I find disappointing. I try and teach DC about other faiths instead. I think understanding other people’s beliefs is important.

I didn't say that at all, nor would i think that. I'm referring to some posters saying nasty things about certain religions, saying people who identify by this religion deserve to be mocked.

Funny how we have this same thread every Easter and the same arguments about Paganism! It’s rinse and repeat every year.

The values (hopefully/ supposedly) upheld in Ireland are not exclusive to Christianity.

Non Christians aren't celebrating a Chrsitian festival though, they're celebrating the end of winter and emergence of spring. If that involves a bunny, chocolate eggs and a lamb roast, that's up to them!

My DC learn about lots of different religions in RE lessons. They know we’re atheists though, so it’s more about understanding what others might believe.

For us, Easter is a nice spring weekend to eat chocolate eggs and hot cross buns. No other significance 🤷🏼‍♀️

Honestly, I remember learning this at school but nowadays I’d have to google it if my kids asked me as I really can’t remember all the significance and details of each of the days such as Maundy Thursday etc.

I'm not a Christian and therefore it’s just not important enough for me to remember. Same as the other religious festivals I learnt about in school.

My DC both learnt it at school but as we’re not Christian they haven’t really mentioned it since.

just after the mothering Sunday chats too